These bigoted Senators are wasting no time in working to move a ban on same-sex marriage forward in Pennsylvania.
The villain: State Senator John Eichelberger will be hosting a presser to discuss a bill banning same-sex marriage in the Liberty Bell state.
The paper Philadelphia Inquirer covered:
"Similar measures in the last two sessions of the legislature have failed. Pennsylvania law defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. But Eichelberger and other proponents of the amendment say writing the ban into the constitution would prevent a judge from overturning the law. Opponents say the measure would enshrine discrimination into the constitution. Amending the constitution requires approval from both the House and Senate in two consecutive two-year sessions before the measure goes to voters for final approval in a statewide referendum."
For equality marriage to pass in Pennsylvania is next to nil because there is a strong resistant, The Philadelphia Daily News inked:
"...though pundits based here expect a day when gay marriage will gain approval in Pennsylvania - thanks to the overwhelming support for the practice among voters younger than 40 - they say that any real movement could be closer to a decade away because of the state's unique demographic factors. These experts note that Pennsylvania is still one of the three oldest states in the country, with disapproval of gay marriage still running high among seniors. The state is also heavily Catholic, they note, and home to other populations, including conservative religious sects in central Pennsylvania, as well as African-Americans here in Philadelphia, who trend toward higher gay-marriage-disapproval ratings."
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