The Arizona House hates gays so much they pulled a switch, punching veterans in the nose. They took a bill honoring Vietnam Veterans which had already been passed by the Senate, completely gutted it, and inserted the text of the marriage protection amendment. This had two effects. (1) It bypasses debate and amendments in the House. (2) When the bill gets back to the Senate for reconciliation that body cannot amend it. They must vote it up or down.
All this was done because the amendment came before the House a month ago and one representative was able to add an amendment which made the whole thing unpalatable to the Right. That can't happen this time around. Many representatives for the amendment are from district that soundly rejected it when it came before voters two years ago. Yet they claim to be doing the will of the people.
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