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Pa. proposal on marriage is tabled
You can't say Vince Fumo is going quietly.
Yesterday, the state senator from South Philadelphia, who is nearing retirement and faces trial on public-corruption charges, said he would propose legislation to "outlaw the dissolution of most marriages in Pennsylvania."
Last month, Fumo suggested that most Pennsylvania state legislators would vote to make slavery legal if they could cast their ballots anonymously.
At the end of April, Fumo also announced that he and others would propose starting from scratch in deciding where to locate two casinos now planned for the Delaware River waterfront.
Fumo himself has been divorced twice.
"In my view, there is no greater threat to families and to marriage than the high divorce rate in our society," Fumo said.
But his anti-divorce measure really is aimed at defending the gay community from a proposed "marriage amendment" to the state constitution. The amendment would ban same-sex marriage and civil unions.
The marriage-amendment's backers say it's not discriminatory, but aims to protect the "sanctity of the marital institution."
The marriage-amendment bill was tabled yesterday.
Fumo says the amendment would "embed discrimination" within the constitution.
In response, he said he'll suggest that divorce be banned except in cases such as "malicious" desertion or "intolerable" conditions.
Fumo, a Democrat, decided to retire after a recent heart attack. *
08:22 AM, 05/07/2008
fumo is now preparing for his next career as a stand up comic!
Good for Fumo! All these hypocrites love to talk about how they'll protect the "sanctity of marriage", yet they are the first to cheat on their wives with other women or men. If legislators really want to protect the sanctity of marriage, they should make adultery a punishable crime and divorce much more difficult & expensive.
Otherwise, call this amendment what it really is: constitutional homophobia from close-minded Central Pennsylvanians who think that because they read the bible, they know what's best for everyone else.
smooth that is funny!!!
how can he say this with a straight face!!
i agree with u annoyed. if they get off their high horses and take their heads out their butts they would realize that what they are doing is hurting the society more than anything.
I think he's headed to a padded cell.
Fumo could probably get press in the Daily Not News and stINKY for going to the toilet.
Right on Fumo! His point may be extreme, but he's getting it across. This so-called marriage-amendment bill is complete discrimination and would be a huge slap in the face to Equal Rights. Supporters who claim that they want to get this bill passed in order to protect the sanctity of marriage should know that it is such a crock when nowadays so many people get married for all the wrong reasons knowing if it doesn't work out they can just get a drive-thru divorce. Allowing homosexual couples to wed is not going to stop me from getting married to the person I am love with. Utterly ridiculous.
The Most Liberal Homosexual Community in the world is Holland.They have 10 years with Homosexual Marriage. 3% of Male Homosexuals community in Holland have Married per the Gay and Lesbian Database at West Chester University Library. Homosexuals want to destroy the Sanctity of Marriage Fumo is a supporter of Both by his actions.
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