Sen. Paula Aboud rips the Arizona Senate

Right-wingers in the Arizona legislature tried to pass SCR 1042, which would place an anti-gay marriage amendment on this November's ballot. Out Arizona state Senator Paula Aboud (D-28) tried to filibuster on the last day of the legislative session so that the legislature would adjourn without the bill being heard. Republican senators blatantly violated the Senate's rules and cut off the filibuster by turning off the chamber's microphones while pro-LGBT legislators were speaking and then turning the floor over to anti-gay senators. SCR 1042 then went to a vote and received the bare minimum of 16 votes to pass.

This is a video of Sen. Aboud's reaction and subsequent explanation of her vote on SCR 1042:

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♦ Out Arizona state Senator Paula Aboud (D-28) is furious at the treachery and perfidy that Republican legislators used to get that state's marriage amendment on the November ballot. The GOPers blatantly violated the Senate's rules in overriding the floor rights of pro-gay-marriage senators who tried to run the clock out on the legislative session in an effort to block the amendment bill.

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