New anti-gay legislation

A friend of mine told me that there has been a new anti-gay law passed in LA. Anyone know the details?

Gay-union ban backed

House, Senate want measure on ballot to change constitution

By WILL SENTELL
wsentell@theadvocate.com
Capitol news bureau

Backers of a drive to add a prohibition on same-sex marriages to the Louisiana Constitution won twin victories Tuesday when similar plans prevailed in lopsided votes in both the House and Senate.
The House passed its ban 87-11 while supporters cheered and celebrated in the gallery. The margin was comfortably more than the two-thirds margin of at least 70 votes necessary to send the issue to voters this fall.

Moments later the Senate, where the bill fell one vote short of consent last week, approved a nearly identical plan 31-4. The measure needed at least 26 "yes" votes in that chamber.

Spectators like Jonathan McGowen of Baton Rouge, part of a contingent from Parkview Baptist Church, were all but giddy after the Senate tally.

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