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Senate defeats procedural vote on Federal Marriage Amendment
by Bob Roehr
he U.S. Sen-
ate defeated
a procedural
measure to
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cut off debate
on the Federal Marriage
Amendment on July 14 by
a vote of 48-50, well short
of the 60 votes required. It
effectively ends considera
tion of the amendment, at
least for the moment.
The vote was essen
tially along party lines,
with Republicans voting
to end debate and Demo
crats to keep it open,
though a handful of
President Bush slammed same-sex marriage in his weekly radio
members crossed the aisle
address July 10
in both directions.
Democrats responded by saying it was all
The vote does not necessarily reflect the level
about politics instead of conducting the peo
of support for the amendment, which may well
ple’s business such as passing appropriations
vary depending upon its exact language. Several
Republicans known to oppose the substance of bills and holding oversight hearings on Iraq.
“It’s a political exercise carried out on the fly,”
the amendment voted with their leadership on
charged Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., in the clos
the procedural measure. A few Democrats voted
ing moments.
to end debate, as electoral protection in speaking
The one thing that was lacking throughout
with their constituents, but may not support the
the debate, to a largely empty chamber until the
amendment.
last few hours, was much substantive defense of
“As many as 60 senators were prepared to vote
the queer com m unity or
against the amendment,” said
Patrick Guerriero, Log Cabin
"I think it is outrageous equal access to marriage
rights and responsibilities.
Republicans executive direc
and frankly surreal that Republicans and Democrats
tor. “Rather than face certain
maneuvered in a political
defeat, the radical right took
at
the
11th
hour
in
this
game of chicken designed
the easy way out—by turning
this into a largely party-line
debate, they are literally first to minimize their own
risks and then to put the
vote. Today they are hiding
rewriting the Constitution other guys in a had light.
behind a procedural vote
A t one point Democrats
because their campaign to
on the back of a napkin"
and their queer allies consid
write discrimination into the
— Cheryl Jacques ered filibustering to forestall
U.S. Ginstitution has been an
a vote indefinitely. Accord
unqualified failure.”
ing to insiders, the strategy was based on the
Cheryl Jacques, Human Rights Campaign
premise that Democrats were united in opposi
president, added, “This was an attem pt to
tion to the amendm ent as written hut that their
divide Americans that backfired and divided
unity might crumble if the language were to be
Republicans.”
changed. The strategy aimed not to lose rather
Conservatives opened up debate on the
than to win.
am endm ent July 9 with what has by now
become a hackneyed litany of charges against
T hen the Democratic leadership had a
“unelected judges” undermining "traditional
change of heart, or at least feigned one, by offer
ing to end debate and not filibuster— if the
marriage” and claims that the only way to save
the country is by amending the Constitution.
Republican leadership agreed to offer a straight
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