Indiana lawmakers delay putting same-sex marriage ban on the ballot until 2016 | The Raw Story

You would think that after 10 years of dialogue and arguing over this issue they would just give it up already. What is troubling, besides the obvious, is that this resolution appears to go against the "will of the people" as polls have 56% of the Indiana populace against this measure but yet the Governor himself is pushing the issue to protect his 2016 re-election chances:

Supporters, including Gov. Mike Pence, wanted lawmakers to approve that version for the required second time so that it could go to voters for a final vote during the November general election.

But because the House removed the portion of the amendment banning civil unions — and because the Senate didn't restore that provision — the measure, known as House Joint Resolution 3, must now get approval from a future General Assembly before going to voters.

That could pose problems for supporters.

Public attitudes are rapidly shifting away from such bans and Pence has said he wanted it passed this year rather than in 2016. That's when, presumably, he would be running for re-election.

A vote by Indiana residents on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage was delayed by at least two years on Thursday after the state’s Senate declined to restore language that would have put the amendment on track for the 2014 ballot.

Postponing a public vote on the measure was seen as a victory for gay rights activists.

“Today’s action is a welcome step back from the brink, ensuring that Indiana’s families will not be subjected to a harsh campaign that would add cruel and unconstitutional language to Indiana’s state constitution this November,” said Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry, a national group that favors gay marriage rights.

The Indiana House had voted in January to advance the gay marriage ban amendment, but softened it by removing language that would have banned gay civil unions. The sentence they cut said: “A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized.”

The Senate is expected to take a final vote on the proposed amendment as early as Monday.

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Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated legislature had approved the proposed amendment with the civil unions ban in 2011 and had to approve it again in the same form in this session to put it to a popular vote in 2014. The proposed amendment has been debated by Indiana lawmakers since 2004.

Indiana lawmakers delay putting same-sex marriage ban on the ballot until 2016 | The Raw Story

See also:  
HJR-3: where the proposal stands which lays out a decent "timeline" of how the resolution has progressed up to this point.