...And Spector And Feingold Disagree.
"This week, Georgia announced it will appeal a judge's ruling that struck down its voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) said he will call a special legislative session if the state Supreme Court does not rule soon on the issue.
The Georgia ban was approved by 76 percent of the state's voters in November 2004. On Tuesday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Constance C. Russell ruled the measure violated the Georgia constitution's single-subject rules for ballot questions."
76%, but a Senate vote on a Constitutional amendment is given little chance of being passed. Why is this? Don't Florida and Texas counterbalance NY and California? The Washington Post doesn't seem to think so:
"Amid increasing partisan tension over President Bush's judicial nominees and domestic wiretapping, the panel voted 10 to 8 along party lines to send the constitutional amendment -- which would prohibit states from recognizing same-sex marriages -- to the Senate, where it stands little chance."
What it does, is prove to the American people who their friends our. Regardless of what side you're on, the rollcall of yeah's and nay's will draw something of a line in the sand, and in an election year, could be pivotal in maintaining power for the Republicans...not that they've used it...or returning it to the Loons.
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