It's a bummer, but today the Arizona State Legislature moved a bill through the House that would amend the state's constitution to ban same-sex marriage. From the Arizona Daily Star:

Without comment, lawmakers gave preliminary approval to a measure to constitutionally define marriage as solely between one man and one woman.

The same language had been approved earlier this month on a different bill, but it got derailed after the measure was amended to also grant certain rights to unmarried couples.

The additional provision was unacceptable to those who oppose same-sex marriages. So House backers let that bill die, with the plan of resurrecting the measure again.

This time, though, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Phoenix, did not offer that same amendment. Cathi Herrod, president of the Center for Arizona Policy, said her group had lobbied to find enough votes to kill the amendment.

More after the jump.