Post by Logan on Jan 28, 2016 1:47:21 GMT -6
Religious groups want Nebraska's gay marriage ban kept on the books
Religious groups aren't giving up the fight to keep Nebraska's same-sex marriage ban on the books.
On Wednesday, Nebraska Family Alliance and the Nebraska Catholic Conference both came out opposed to measures that would update language in state law to reflect last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down bans on gay marriage.
"Regardless of what a narrow majority of the Supreme Court may declare at this moment in history, the nature of human person and marriage remain unchanged and unchangeable," Greg Schleppenbach, executive director of the Catholic Conference, told members of the Legislature's Judiciary Committee.
The groups outright opposed a proposed constitutional amendment (LR389CA) by state Sen. Burke Harr of Omaha that would strike the wording of Nebraska's same-sex marriage ban from the state Constitution.
Read more: journalstar.com/legislature/religious-groups-want-nebraska-s-gay-marriage-ban-kept-on/article_43e2e479-7aab-53de-9721-9bfb6304f42d.html
Religious groups aren't giving up the fight to keep Nebraska's same-sex marriage ban on the books.
On Wednesday, Nebraska Family Alliance and the Nebraska Catholic Conference both came out opposed to measures that would update language in state law to reflect last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down bans on gay marriage.
"Regardless of what a narrow majority of the Supreme Court may declare at this moment in history, the nature of human person and marriage remain unchanged and unchangeable," Greg Schleppenbach, executive director of the Catholic Conference, told members of the Legislature's Judiciary Committee.
The groups outright opposed a proposed constitutional amendment (LR389CA) by state Sen. Burke Harr of Omaha that would strike the wording of Nebraska's same-sex marriage ban from the state Constitution.
Read more: journalstar.com/legislature/religious-groups-want-nebraska-s-gay-marriage-ban-kept-on/article_43e2e479-7aab-53de-9721-9bfb6304f42d.html