NEWS BRIEF
Amendment to ban gay
marriage fails in senate
WASHINGTON —The Senate
scuttled a constitutional amend
ment banning gay marriage on
Wednesday, handing a defeat to
President Bush yet assuring the is
sue renewed prominence in the
fall campaign for the White
House and control of Congress.
Forty-eight senators voted to
advance theTneasure — 12 short
of the 60 needed — and 50 voted
to block it. Defeat came at the
hands of dozens of Democrats
joined by six Republicans.
Bush issued a statement saying
he was "deeply disappointed"
with the vote, but casting it as a
temporary setback. "Activist
judges and local officials in some
parts of the country are not letting
up in their efforts to redefine mar
riage for the rest of America —
and neither should defenders of
traditional marriage flag in their
efforts," he said.
Senate Democratic leader Tom
Daschle said there was no urgent
need to amend the Constitution.
The amendment provided that
marriage within the United States
'shall consist only of a man and a
woman." It also required that
neither the U S. Constitution nor
any state constitution "shall be
construed to require that mar
riage or the legal incidents thereof
be conferred upon any union
other than the union of a man
and a woman."
The Senate acted as House Re
publicans began advancing legis
lation that would bar federal
courts from ordering states to rec
ognize same-sex marriages sanc
tioned in other states. The meas
ure cleared committee on a vote
of 21-13 and is expected on the
House floor next week.
GOP leaders also have dis
cussed granting Bush his wish
to have the entire House vote
on the proposed constitutional
amendment in the fall, even
though the Senate's rejection
effectively killed any chance it
could be submitted to the
states for ratification this year.
— David Espo
AP Special Correspondent
BLOOD DRIVE
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most of the students are gone, said
American Red Cross spokeswoman
Katie Miller Paul.
The Lane Memorial Blood Bank
plans to hold two-day blood drives on
campus every other month — instead
of one-day sessions every month —
from now until May to recruit donors
from the younger generation.
Henderson said the switch from the
previous schedule of one donation
day per month was made because fre
quendy students want to donate, but
have class during the donation period.
Also, some students are turned away
because they have not eaten properly,
which makes them ineligible to do
nate. This new system will allow stu
dents to prepare and come back the
next day to give blood.
Henderson said previous campus
blood drives have been quite suc
cessful, bringing in an average of 50
pints a visit.
"We've been doing very well this
last couple of months," she said.
Henderson encourages those who
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want to give blood but cannot come
to today's drive to visit the Lane
Memorial Blood Bank main center at
2211 Willamette St.. Donors must be
17 years old or older and weigh more
than 110 pounds. Donating takes 45
to 50 minutes.
Students can either schedule an
appointment or drop in when the
blood bank is open. Hours of opera
tion vary and can be found on the
Lane Memorial Blood Bank Web site
at www.lmbb.org/indexright.cfm.
Current blood needs, separated by
type, can also be found on the Web
site and are updated every morning.
As of Wednesday, the most needed
blood types were A and O positive.
Henderson encourages those stu
dents who give blood today to be
come lifetime donors, adding that an
eligible person is allowed to donate
every 56 days.
"There's always a need for blood,"
she said.
benbrown @ dailyemerald.com
Lauren Wimer Freelance Photographer
With the assistance of medical technician Pamela
Fulber (background), Brandon Kilgore donates blood in
the mobile Bloodmobile outside the EMU.
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