US: Indiana House votes to remove civil unions from proposed same-sex marriage ban
Politicians in the US state of Indiana have voted narrowly to remove a clause from a bill to ban same-sex marriage which would have also banned civil unions.
Members of the House voted 52-43 to remove the second sentence of the amendment which would have barred same-sex couples from being able to ever enter civil unions or take advantage of cohabiting benefits.
If both chambers accept the altered version of the bill, it will not go to voters this November, as was expected.
The House is expected to vote on the bill on Tuesday.
Opponents of the bill have seen this amendment as a victory.
The Indiana Senate in March 2011 approved the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages and civil unions by 40 votes to 10. The public gallery had to be cleared after gay rights protesters shouted at politicians.
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