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Ban on gay marriage on [AZ] state ballot
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Jun 28, 2008 01:35pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Arizona Republic (Phoenix) |
| News Date | Saturday, June 28, 2008 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Voters will again have their say on whether a gay-marriage prohibition should be written into the Arizona Constitution.
State lawmakers referred the proposal to the November ballot Friday evening following a rollicking and raw debate that split the ordinarily staid Senate wide open.
Democrats used filibusterlike tactics to hold off a vote for hours while Republicans schemed to cut debate short.
Gay marriage already is illegal in Arizona, but supporters of the proposal raised the specter of judicial activism in saying a constitutional ban is needed.
Sen. Paula Aboud, a lesbian legislator, called that argument a fraud.
"I don't think you're afraid of judges," the Tucson Democrat told her colleagues. "You're afraid of me and my relationship."
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