On Thursday the US Senate Judiciary Committee will be voting on Senator Dianne Feinstein’s S598 – Respect for Marriage Act. This bill sounds like a good idea — maybe even promoting the idea of strengthening marriages. But that’s NOT its intention. Here’s its purpose: “To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage.”
Read MoreHouse Res 13, as with all resolutions, will not have the force of law, but it is aimed at “supporting and encouraging the public display of the national motto in all public buildings, public schools and other government institutions.”
Read MoreOn May 3rd Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Cranberry Township) introduced HB 1434 — the PA Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA). Since that time it has sat in the House State Government Committee of which Representative Metcalfe is the chair. He has not moved the bill forward simply because he has no guarantee that the Majority Floor Leader Mike Turzai will allow the bill to come up for a vote when it passes out of the State Government Committee.
Read MoreSB 732, the bill that would require abortion clinics to operate under the same regulations as an outpatient surgical facility, is on the State House Calendar for a vote this afternoon.
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A case has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to decide who will receive the proceeds from a retirement plan which involves the surviving partner in a same-sex Canadian “marriage” and the deceased parents. The surviving partner, Ms. Tobits, has notified the Attorney General’s office that she will raise the question of the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
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