• Particularly:

§ 29. Marriage. No union other thana marriage betweenone man and one womanshall be valid or recognized as marriage or the functional equivalent of marriageby the Commonwealth.

• no civil unions
• no common law marriages
• no domestic partnerships

Last night, the Pennsylvania Senate voted to "Table" the proposed constitutional amendment that would have banned marriages for same-sex couples, civil unions and possibly more for all unmarried couples. SB 1250 is now off the voting calendar and can not be considered unless there is another vote to move it back on the calendar. The prime sponsor of the legislation, Sen. Michael Brubaker ...

Source: Philadelphia Daily News , Bulletin , Associated Press via Philadelphia Inquirer Advocates of marriage as a special right for heterosexual couples had hoped to debate a measure today in the Pennsylvania senate that would have started a long process to add discriminatory language to the commonwealth's constitution. Instead, supporters of the measure quietly withdrew it from consideration yesterday in the face of Senate opposition to parts of the measure and after it became clear to them that it would not be considered in the state House if it had passed out of the Senate. Sen. Mike Brubaker...(read more) ...

Yesterday, a Pennsylvania Senate committee voted 18-8 to send Senate Bill 1250, which would place a measure on the ballot banning same-sex marriage, to the full Senate for a vote. The measure must be approved in two consecutive legislative sessions for it to be placed on the ballot. Following the vote, lawmakers attended a boisterous rally against the ban in the Capitol: "Senate Bill 1250, which is meant to bolster the state's 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which already prohibits same-sex marriage, "is disheartening and discriminatory," said Sen. Jim Ferlo, D-Highland Park. 'It's marriage mischief -- an attempt ...

On Wednesday of this week, the full Pennsylvania Senate is expected to vote on a proposed gay marriage ban: Gay marriage ban moves to full Senate [Patriot-News] So don't be surprised if you find the toilet paper in the capitol building's bathrooms replaced with pages from the constitution, Penn congressional staffers. After all, sh*tting on the state's most precious governing document does seem to be on the docket this week. ...