House defeats amendment on gay marriage

[Charlie P]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6144351/

The Republican-controlled House emphatically defeated a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes pushed to a vote by GOP leaders in the run-up to Election Day.

The vote was 227-186, 49 votes shy of the two-thirds needed for approval of an amendment that President Bush backed but the Senate had previously scuttled.

Bush issued a statement expressing disappointment with the vote"™s outcome.

"œBecause activist judges and local officials in some parts of the country are seeking to redefine marriage for the rest of the country, we must remain vigilant in defending traditional marriage,"� the president said.

Bush earlier this year asked Congress to vote on the amendment, and Democrats contended that in complying, Republicans were motivated by election-year politics.


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[BenGarrett]

That's too bad. I was happy to see that all 11 of our Congressmen from Tennessee voted in favor of the amendment.

[BarnesX.308]

Does this mean I could marry another dude[:'(]? I'm actually kind of happy with my female wife. We had a couple of kids and that's pretty cool.