Pa. House passes bill to repeal state’s same-sex marriage ban

The Democratic-controlled Pennsylvania House of Representatives on July 2 passed a bill that would repeal the state’s same-sex marriage ban. The marriage bill passed by a 133-68 vote margin, with all but one Democrat voting against it. Thirty-two Republicans backed the measure. The bill’s next hurdle is to pass in the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Senate. State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia), a gay man who is running for state auditor, noted to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review the bill would eliminate a clause in Pennsylvania’s marriage law that defines marriage as “between one man...