Indiana's Marriage Discrimination Amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 13 (SJR-13) authored by Senator Carlin Yoder passed the Indiana State Senate by a vote of 38 to 10 today, Thursday, January 28, 2010.

Leading the Senate opposition to SJR-13, Senators Vi Simpson (Bloomington) and Tim Lanane (Anderson) stated clearly that the Marriage Discrimination Amendment threatens Indiana's economic recovery and distracts from the real issues facing Hoosiers.

The amendment will moves now to the House of Representatives where similar proposals - House Joint Resolutions 5 and 7 (HJR-5 & HJR-7) were filed by Representatives Bill Davis and Eric Turner.

"The Marriage Discrimination Amendment violates every Hoosier's basic right to fairness and equality. It's just an attempt to distract Hoosiers from the greater issues facing Indiana, threatening our state's current and future economic development" stated Indiana Equality Action President Randy Studt.