SENATE TO VOTE ON FMA IN MID-JULY: From the Washington Times

Senate Republican leaders have scheduled the Senate vote on a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman for the week of July 12, just two weeks before Democrats convene in Boston for their presidential nominating convention. ...

Several proposals have been introduced, but Mr. Frist is backing the version sponsored by Sen. Wayne Allard, Colorado Republican, which says that "marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman."

The amendment then goes on to say that states are not required to recognize a same-sex "marriage" approved by another state.

A similar version is being sponsored in the House by Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, Colorado Republican, though House leaders have not scheduled a vote. President Bush has not backed a specific amendment, but has said he supports the thrust of the Allard-Musgrave proposal. ...

Yesterday, the Southern Baptist Convention voted to pass a resolution backing a federal marriage amendment. The resolution said that "the union of one man and one woman is the only form of marriage prescribed in the Bible as God's perfect design." ...

Aides said the bill will go directly to the Senate floor, bypassing the full Judiciary Committee, where both supporters and opponents said it might not have passed. Right now, it isn't expected to have the votes to pass the Senate either. ...

A CBS News poll released at the end of May found that 60 percent of those surveyed supported a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman, including 78 percent of Republicans and 57 percent of Democrats.

But the same poll found voters overwhelmingly did not want the issue to be part of this year's campaign, with just 9 percent saying it should be a "major part," 20 percent saying a "minor part," and 70 percent saying no role at all.

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