The Arizona Capitol Times reported yesterday that the move to put a same-sex marriage ban into the constitution of Arizona has faltered. If passed, SCR 1042 will put a measure on the ballot in November that would amend the constitution to ban same-sex marriage. A similar measure was on the ballot in 2006, but the voters rejected it by a narrow margin.
SCR 1042 must pass the Arizona Senate with 16 votes to be placed on the ballot; in voting yesterday it won a 14-11 majority ― not enough to make it. It could still be passed before this legislative session ends, though, and conservatives are pressing their colleagues to get back to Phoenix and vote. The vote yesterday was intended to pressure a legislator to return from a trip and do just that.
Arizona already has a state law, dating back to 1975, which bans same-sex marriage, and state courts have upheld that law. Anti-gay activists say they’d still feel better if they had a constitutional amendment.
See also the article in the Arizona Daily Star.
Thanks to Good As You for the heads-up on this story.
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Good. Nice to see the end is drawing nigh in many places for these sorts of initiatives.