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Senate tables measure on same-sex-marriage ban
HARRISBURG - The state Senate yesterday indefinitely tabled a measure that would amend Pennsylvania's constitution to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions.
The bill had been scheduled for a floor vote last evening, but the chief sponsor, Sen. Michael Brubaker (R., Lancaster) told colleagues it would be set aside because it faced long odds in the House.
But Sen. Vincent J. Fumo (D., Phila.), an opponent of the measure, told reporters that Senate Republican leaders used House opposition as an excuse to table the bill. Fumo said a majority of senators would have supported a floor amendment to strip out wording to ban civil unions, which supporters considered crucial. "A win is a win," Fumo said. "It can look ugly, it can look great. But this is definitely a win."
Brubaker declined comment on Fumo's assertions. - AP