Indiana Senate OKs amendment to ban gay marriages (SouthBendTribune) 
A movement to add a ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions to the state constitution won another victory Tuesday.
The Indiana Senate voted 40-10 in favor of a measure that would allow Hoosiers to vote on an amendment to prohibit gay and lesbian couples from marrying or having any legal status "substantially similar" to marriage.
The House of Representatives passed the same measure, House Joint Resolution 6, by a vote of 70-26 last month, but it's only halfway toward being placed on the ballot.
A separately elected General Assembly would have to approve the same resolution again in 2013 or 2014 for voters to be able to weigh in on the issue in the 2014 general election.
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