(AP) – The Arkansas Senate has endorsed a long-shot effort to
push for amendments to the U.S. constitution that would effectively ban gay
marriage and abortion.
The majority-Republican Senate on Tuesday approved by a 19-9 vote a resolution
calling for a federal constitutional convention to take up an amendment that
would define marriage as between a man and a woman. A separate resolution
calling for a constitutional amendment effectively declaring that life begins at
conception passed on an 18-9 vote.
The proposals would need at least 33 other states to agree for a convention to
be held, and 38 states to ratify the amendments. The resolutions now head to the
state House.
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