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Source: Indianapolis Star About 300 Hoosiers rallied at the Statehouse on Monday to urge the defeat of a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and to call for passage of legislation protecting gays from job discrimination and from hate crimes. Sam Huber, an Indiana University-Purdue...

Source: Indianapolis Star A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages appears dead for this legislative session. The amendment passed the Senate and was assigned to the House Rules committee, but its chairman, Scott Pelath, said he does not intend to give the bill a hearing. Pelath, D-Michigan...

Source: Indianapolis Star A proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages in Indiana likely was dealt a fatal blow Friday when a key lawmaker said he would not give the issue a hearing. Rep. Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City, who is chairman of the House Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee...

Source: Associated Press via CNBC INDIANAPOLIS (AP) An effort to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage faces a pivotal hurdle in the General Assembly this year, but whether it advances could hinge on the willingness of House leaders to take it up in a session in which property taxes are...

Source: Indianapolis Star Support among Hoosiers for a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage appears to be on the decline, according to an Indianapolis Star-WTHR (Channel 13) poll. The poll, based on the responses of 600 people statewide, found that 49 percent of Hoosiers supported...