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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana House Panel is jumping straight into the legislative battle over amending the state’s constitution to ban gay marriage.
The House Judiciary Committee panel was scheduled to hear testimony Monday morning on the proposed amendment and a companion measure. It’s then expected to vote on the measures.
Indiana already bans gay marriage in state law. But supporters of the amendment say it would strengthen that ban against potential court challenges.
Altering the constitution requires votes in two consecutive two-year sessions of the General Assembly and the support of Indiana voters. The proposal sailed through the Legislature in 2011 with little opposition.
But a strong coalition of businesses, universities and gay rights groups coalesced last summer in opposition to the amendment and has had some success in changing minds.
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