Feingold, Specter Clash Over Gay Marriage - Yahoo! News

Feingold, Specter Clash Over Gay Marriage - Yahoo! News: "Among Feingold's objections was Specter's decision to hold the vote in the President's Room, where access by the general public is restricted, instead of in the panel's usual home in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Specter later said he would have been willing to hold the session in the usual room had he thought doing so would change votes.

Not all those who voted 'yes' support the amendment, however. Specter said he is 'totally opposed' to it, but felt it deserved a debate in the Senate.

'Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman,' reads the measure, which would require approval by two-thirds of Congress and three-fourths of the states.

'Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman,' it says.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has scheduled a vote on the proposed amendment the week of June 5.

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