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WOZNIAK VOTES TO MOVE MARRIAGE BILL OUT OF
COMMITTEE
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Wozniak |
HARRISBURG, May 5 -
Saying he is comfortable with the updated
language in the current version, state Sen.
John N. Wozniak today voted to move a
proposed constitutional amendment defining
marriage out of committee and on to the full
Senate for a vote.
“The vast majority of people in
my district support this effort to solidify
the definition of marriage in Pennsylvania,”
Wozniak said. “I am confident that this is
an attempt to allow Pennsylvanians to define
marriage for themselves without court
interference and not an effort aimed to
deprive any one group.”
After several acrimonious
hearings, Senate Bill 1250 moved from the
Senate Appropriations Committee today by a
vote of 18 to 8.
The bill is a resolution that would add a
section to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania stating “No union other than a
marriage between one man and one woman shall
be valid or recognized as marriage or the
functional equivalent of marriage by the
Commonwealth.”
To amend the Constitution, the
General Assembly will have to approve the
bill in two consecutive sessions of the
Legislature and put it before voters in
referendum.
“This bill will allow the people
of Pennsylvania to define marriages within
their own Commonwealth,” Wozniak said.
“While we have the enacted a definition of
marriage within Pennsylvania law, it is
vulnerable to erosion by federal courts. We
will allow the people to decide.”
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