Pennsylvania House codifies marriage equality, but State Senate path remains uncertain

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on March 25 voted to codify marriage equality in state law — including with dozens of GOP votes — but the legislation now faces the Republican-controlled upper chamber.

The legislation would amend the state’s definition of “marriage” to “a civil contract between two individuals.” To this point, the definition has been described as “a civil contract by which one man and one woman take each other for husband and wife.”