Indiana State Senator Mike Delph just tweeted the message above: "HJR3 second sentence is officially dead in the 2014 IGA. Not enough support to reinstate it on 2nd reading."
As the debate continues today in Indiana, this would be good news for the LGBT community.
Constitutional amendments must pass in consecutive General Assemblies with identical language before going to the voters. By removing the "second sentence" (which bars ANY kind of legal relationship "identical or substantially similar" between same-sex couples), the bill will need to pass again in the next legislative session.
The state House removed the sentence earlier this year when approving the measure. LGBT opponents needed the Senate to restore the language and then fight to keep it in during a "conference" debate with House and Senate.
This means the issue won't reach voters until 2016 at the earliest. And with marriage equality support growing every day, hopefully this won't even be an issue by then.
Hurray!
Celebrate! Happy Dance!
(h/t Good As You)
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