Texas Anti-Gay Amendment Goes To House Vote

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A proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage won approval Monday in a House committee.

The resolution filed by Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, would allow Texas voters to decide whether to amend the constitution to define marriage as a union only between one man and one woman. The measure now moves to the full House.

Randall Ellis, executive director of the Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of Texas, said the resolution discriminates against gay Texans. Marriage affords hundreds of legal rights, including the ability to visit a spouse in the hospital, he said.