DOMANIA: ARIZONA, from 365Gay.com

A bid to amend Arizona's constitution to deny any
rights to same-sex couples is dead in the water the head of a powerful legislative committee has declared.
Sen. Mark Anderson (R-Mesa), who chairs the Senate Family Services Committee, has refused to hold hearings on the bill that would have defined marriage as a union between a man and woman and prohibit state courts from interpreting the constitution to require that any unmarried couples be granted "the privileges and legal incidents of marital status."

The state already has legislation on the books barring same-sex marriage, "so I don't see that this is going to necessarily bring any great benefit," Anderson said.
If the bill, authored by fellow Republican Sen. Jack Harper (R-Surprise), had passed the legislature it would have been included on the November ballot.

But, both Anderson and Harper say they will join forces to push for a legislative resolution asking Congress to adopt a federal constitutional amendment.

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