Senate Rejects Amendment on Gay Marriage

By LAURIE KELLMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage by a wide margin Wednesday, delivering a stinging defeat to President Bush and other Republicans who had hoped the issue would rally GOP voters for the November elections.

The senators' vote was 49-48 to limit debate and bring the amendment to a yes-or-no decision. That was 11 short of the 60 needed, killing the measure in the Senate for this year...

Good news! It looks like some of these senators realize such an amendment is not a good idea!

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