{"id":2845,"date":"2004-09-30T17:07:20","date_gmt":"2004-10-01T07:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/30\/federal-marriage-amendment-rejected\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T09:33:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:33:38","slug":"federal-marriage-amendment-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/30\/federal-marriage-amendment-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Marriage Amendment rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10126,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/apnews.myway.com\\\/article\\\/20040930\\\/D85E94I80.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10127,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/republicoft.typepad.com\\\/republic_of_t\\\/2004\\\/09\\\/fma_doa.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100708220100\\\/http:\\\/\\\/republicoft.typepad.com\\\/republic_of_t\\\/2004\\\/09\\\/fma_doa.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 01:27:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 12:46:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 17:56:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 17:56:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10128,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.esoterically.net\\\/log\\\/archives\\\/002159.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050829231154\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.esoterically.net:80\\\/log\\\/archives\\\/002159.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 01:28:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 12:46:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 17:56:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 17:56:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Excellent news: the proposed Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage <a href=\"http:\/\/apnews.myway.com\/article\/20040930\/D85E94I80.html\" title=\"House Defeats Gay Marriage Ban Amendment\">has been shot down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  The House emphatically rejected a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes advanced by Republican leaders in the run-up to Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>  The vote was 227-186, 49 votes shy of the two-thirds needed for approval of an amendment that President Bush backed but the Senate had previously scuttled.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/republicoft.typepad.com\/republic_of_t\/2004\/09\/fma_doa.html\" title=\"FMA DOA\">Terrance<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esoterically.net\/log\/archives\/002159.html\" title=\"esoterically.net: FMA rejected\">Len<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DAge of Love, The%2526albumTerm=Club Cuts EP Vol. 1%2526songTerm=Age of Love, The (Jam and Spoon Watch Out for Stella)%26partnerId%3D30\">Age of Love, The (Jam and Spoon Watch Out for Stella)<\/a>&#8221; 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