Idaho Senate Passes Proposed Gay Marriage Amendment – Measure to Appear on November Ballot

The Idaho Senate passed a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Wednesday.  The measure will go to that state’s voters in November.  A similar proposal was rejected by the senate last year when proponents could not muster the required two-thirds majority. This year the measure passed  26-9. Source: Anne Wallace Allen, AP, The Bellingham Herald, bellinghamherald.com. For the complete story, please click here (last visited February 18, 2006, reo). The text of the bill as passed by the Idaho Senate can be found here (last visited February 18, 2006, reo).