Post by Logan on Jan 28, 2016 20:30:51 GMT -6
Nebraska Democrats Rip Into Anti-Gay Groups, ‘Bigoted’ Voters at Committee Hearing
Nebraska lawmakers who want to repeal the state’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage had some harsh words for those who would oppose the effort on Wednesday.
The only way to get rid of a constitutional amendment is to put it back on the ballot, and Democratic state Sen. Burke Harr has introduced a proposal calling for a public vote after the ban was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court last year.
“I don’t want this kind of hatred to remain on our books for 80 years afterward,” Harr told a legislative committee, accordion to The Lincoln Journal Star.
Representatives from both the Nebraska Family Alliance and the Nebraska Catholic Conference spoke against Harr’s measure.
Nebraska lawmakers who want to repeal the state’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage had some harsh words for those who would oppose the effort on Wednesday.
The only way to get rid of a constitutional amendment is to put it back on the ballot, and Democratic state Sen. Burke Harr has introduced a proposal calling for a public vote after the ban was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court last year.
“I don’t want this kind of hatred to remain on our books for 80 years afterward,” Harr told a legislative committee, accordion to The Lincoln Journal Star.
Representatives from both the Nebraska Family Alliance and the Nebraska Catholic Conference spoke against Harr’s measure.