A Minnesota Senate panel on Wednesday voted down a resolution which would repeal a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in the state, The Pioneer Press reported.
The amendment, approved last year by the Republican-controlled Legislature and slated to be voted on during the November general election, would define marriage in the state as a heterosexual union.
During a Local Government and Elections Committee hearing debating an unrelated photo ID ballot question, Democratic Senator Mary Jo McGuire offered an amendment to the bill which would remove the gay marriage question from the 2012 ballot.
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A bill that would give gay and lesbian couples many of the benefits and responsibilities of marriage cleared a second Senate panel on Thursday. The Senate Finance Committee approved the measure on a 5 to 4 party-line vote.
