They should have that chance

I’m at my desk at the capitol tonight catching up on some emails and other work.  Today I introduced the Marriage Protection Amendment bill that has been widely discussed since last spring.  Our original idea was to introduce the legislation last year, but the budget problems changed our initial plan.  We still have plenty of time to pass this bill before the end of the year.  The bill has to pass the legislature in two consecutive sessions for the question of whether to include language in our state constitution, defining marriage as being between one man and one woman, will appear on the ballot for the people of Pennsylvania.  31 states have done similar processes and the people of 31 states have decided to define marriage as being between one man and one woman.  The people of this state want the opportunity to decide this question before an activist judge makes the decision for them.  They should have that chance.

- John