Senators advance proposal to let Nebraskans decide on removing same-sex marriage ban

[Omaha Steve]

https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/senators-advance-proposal-to-let-nebraskans-decide-on-removing-same-sex-marriage-ban/article_7ca223e0-6cbf-11eb-842f-97745f32ceb1.html#tracking-source=home-the-latest

LINCOLN — State lawmakers took an initial step Thursday toward removing Nebraska’s unenforceable ban on same-sex marriage.

On a 5-2 vote, the Judiciary Committee of the Nebraska Legislature advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow voters to decide whether to remove the ban, which Nebraskans enshrined in the state Constitution in 2000 by a 70% to 30% vote.

In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered the ban unenforceable, ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that such prohibitions violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution.

State Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln, who introduced Legislative Resolution 20CA earlier this year, has said that opinions have changed and that the measure would allow Nebraskans to show that.

FULL story at link above.

[safeinOhio]

1. Violation of Religious Freedom?

For those Churches that preform Gay Marriages.

[dsc]

2. that is the theory of the case that ended the bans in my circuit

MD,VA,NC,SC,WV NC has a law that bans people from presiding over marriages they know to be illegal. Unitarians here sued saying that banning marriage equality made it impossible for Unitarians to perform marriage ceremonies in their churches. I am not sure how rare the NC law is.

[safeinOhio]

3. One of the reasons I belong to a UU Church.

One of many.