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According to Drudge:
"GOP Planning July Vote on Gay Marriage Amendment Tue Jun 15 2004 16:32:49 ET
The Senate Republican leadership is aiming for a mid-July vote on a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, forcing Democrats to take a stand on the controversial topic just before the party heads to Boston for its presidential nominating convention.
Mark Preston at ROLL CALL reports: Republican Conference Chairman Rick Santorum (Pa.) said the GOP leaders are not yet prepared to make an official announcement on a specific date, but confirmed that they are scouting for a July vote.
³We are sort of running the traps on this right now, and sort of seeing what kind of response we are getting,² Santorum said following Tuesday¹s Republican policy lunch. ³We are talking about it. I think there are a couple of meetings to be had yet before any official announcement is made.²
Maybe there will be some back room deals. OK, that was outta line. Actually, I think it will backfire...thinking this issue is something to get the American public even barely interested (besides the Faux Snooze crowd) while we are dealing with Iraq. Santorum will be appealing to his base, but I'm guessing moderate Repugs will not want to jump in.
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