KY LAWMAKERS SEND SSM AMENDMENT TO VOTERS: From the Associated Press

Kentucky lawmakers have approved a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages, sending the issue to voters.

The state Senate, in a 33-5 vote Tuesday, passed the measure, which defines marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman. The proposal also would deny legal recognition of civil unions. The measure will be on the November ballot.

The House passed the measure Monday night.

Democratic Sen. Ernesto Scorsone, Kentucky's only openly gay legislator, said lawmakers had bowed to a "mob mentality." Large crowds mobilized by the Family Foundation, a Lexington-based conservative group, had converged on the Capitol to push for the amendment.

Kentucky already has a law that prohibits same-sex marriages, but supporters maintained it was necessary to cement the prohibition against gay marriage.

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