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(AP) \u2014 A proposed amendment to the Wyoming Constitution that would specify the state wouldn’t recognize same-sex marriages performed...","datePublished":"2011-02-28","dateModified":"2021-06-21","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/www.burstnet.com\/enlightn\/7400\/\/3B18\/","url":"http:\/\/www.burstnet.com\/enlightn\/7400\/\/3B18\/","height":"0","width":"0"},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/same-sex-marriage-amendment-dies-in-wyoming-house\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":517,"articleBody":"By The Associated PressCHEYENNE,  Wyo. (AP) \u2014 A proposed amendment to the Wyoming Constitution that would  specify the state wouldn’t recognize same-sex marriages performed  elsewhere died Friday when it missed a procedural deadline in the state  Legislature.The Wyoming House adjourned without taking action on a same-sex  marriage bill that had already passed the state Senate. Passing the  measure would have required a two-thirds vote in both houses.House  Majority Floor Leader Rep. Tom Lubnau, R-Gillette, said he didn’t want  to spend hours of floor time debating a bill that didn’t have the votes  to pass. The Legislature is set to adjourn next week.Another bill  was still pending that would change Wyoming law to specify that the  state would only recognize marriages between one man and one woman.  Disagreement remained between the House and Senate over whether the  state should allow same-sex couples who entered civil unions elsewhere  to have access to the state court system to resolve any issues that  arise in their relationships.Rep. Amy Edmonds said that  considering the differences in the House and Senate positions on the  bills, she believed its future is “tenuous at best.” The Cheyenne  Republican served on a conference committee assigned to work out a  compromise position on the pending bill.Proponents of the both  marriage bills have said Wyoming needs to clarify its law now that  same-sex marriages are being performed in other states.Wyoming  law specifies marriage can only exist between a man and a woman, but  also says the state will recognize valid marriages performed in other  states.The issue of whether Wyoming courts have authority over  same-sex marriages performed elsewhere is pending before the state  Supreme Court. The court is reviewing a case in which a district judge  ruled that he didn’t have authority to preside over a divorce case  involving two women who married each other in Canada.The Obama  administration announced this week that it would no longer defend  challenges to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a  federal law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage.Linda  Burt, director of the Wyoming ACLU, has testified in committee hearings  against both same-sex marriage bills. She applauded the death of one of  the bills in the House.“Certainly those bills that take a  minority group of people and tell them they can’t have the same rights  that other people have are unconstitutional,” Burt said.Brianna  Jones, communications director for the Wyoming Democratic Party, said  the entire Democratic Party caucus in the Legislature had been against  the bill.“They didn’t think it was an appropriate thing to put in  the Wyoming Constitution,” Jones said. “It also violated several  clauses in the Constitution, particularly the equal protection clauses.”Becky  Vandeberghe, of the group WyWatch Family Action, worked to support the  bill, and said the group would “continue to work toward getting marriage  protected and giving people the vote.”She said her group intends  to work to elect people in the future who will vote to support the  issue. “We’ll go ahead and bring it back,” she said."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Same-sex Marriage Amendment Dies in Wyoming House","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/same-sex-marriage-amendment-dies-in-wyoming-house\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]