[TruthTalk] Gay Marriage Roll Call Vote

[Slade Henson]

Gay Marriage Roll Call Vote By The Associated Press -- altered by slade The 50-48 roll call by which the Senate blocked a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Supporters of the amendment fell 12 votes short of the 60 they needed to advance the bill. Please note who were the abstaining voters.   Overview: Voting in support were 3 Democrats and 45 Republicans. Voting against were 43 Democrats, 6 Republicans and 1 Independent.   The Roll who supported the amendment: Democrats: Byrd, W.Va.; Miller, Ga.; Nelson, Neb. Republicans: Alexander, Tenn.; Allard, Colo.; Allen, Va.; Bennett, Utah; Bond, Mo.; Brownback, Kan.; Bunning, Ky.; Burns, Mont.; Chambliss, Ga.; Cochran, Miss.; Coleman, Minn.; Cornyn, Texas; Craig, Idaho; Crapo, Idaho; DeWine, Ohio; Dole, N.C.; Domenici, N.M.; Ensign, Nev.; Enzi, Wyo.; Fitzgerald, Ill.; Frist, Tenn.; Graham, S.C.; Grassley, Iowa; Gregg, N.H.; Hagel, Neb.; Hatch, Utah; Hutchison, Texas; Inhofe, Okla.; Kyl, Ariz.; Lott, Miss.; Lugar, Ind.; McConnell, Ky.; Murkowski, Alaska; Nickles, Okla.; Roberts, Kan.; Santorum, Pa.; Sessions, Ala.; Shelby, Ala.; Smith, Ore.; Specter, Pa.; Stevens, Alaska; Talent, Mo.; Thomas, Wyo.; Voinovich, Ohio; Warner, Va. The Roll who voted against the measure: Democrats: Akaka, Hawaii; Baucus, Mont.; Bayh, Ind.; Biden, Del.; Bingaman, N.M.; Boxer, Calif.; Breaux, La.; Cantwell, Wash.; Carper, Del.; Clinton, N.Y.; Conrad, N.D.; Corzine, N.J.; Daschle, S.D.; Dayton, Minn.; Dodd, Conn.; Dorgan, N.D.; Durbin, Ill.; Feingold, Wis.; Feinstein, Calif.; Graham, Fla.; Harkin, Iowa; Hollings, S.C.; Inouye, Hawaii; Johnson, S.D.; Kennedy, Mass.; Kohl, Wis.; Landrieu, La.; Lautenberg, N.J.; Leahy, Vt.; Levin, Mich.; Lieberman, Conn.; Lincoln, Ark.; Mikulski, Md.; Murray, Wash.; Nelson, Fla.; Pryor, Ark.; Reed, R.I.; Reid, Nev.; Rockefeller, W.Va.; Sarbanes, Md.; Schumer, N.Y.; Stabenow, Mich.; Wyden, Ore. Republicans:  Campbell, Colo.; Chafee, R.I.; Collins, Maine; McCain, Ariz.; Snowe, Maine; Sununu, N.H. Others: Jeffords, Vt. The Roll who abstained from vote: Democrats: Edwards, N.C.; Kerry, Mass.   So, in my opinion, your vote (if you are one who votes) can be properly placed this coming November. Did Kerry and Edwards refuse to vote for political reasons or were they just too busy campaigning? How long do you think it will be before the Supreme Court of the US demands all states to recognize the gay marriages from permissive states? How long thereafter will the protective hand of God be fully removed from the USA? How much longer will it take before the pogroms begin -- against the "non-tolerant Christians and Jews?"   -- slade