Ohio's Nasty Constitutional Amendment as a Model

I clipped this from Blogger Pam's post on a move to block domestic partner benefits for public employees in Alaska:

Pam's House Blend: Homo-hater Alaska Gov calls for amendment to block gay benefits

Sen. Fred Dyson of Eagle River and the Department of Law already are drafting an amendment borrowing language from Ohio's constitution. It says: "No provision of this constitution shall be interpreted or applied so to require the state or its political subdivisions to extend or assign the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities or effects of marriage to any other union, partnership or legal status."