Assembly

Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Children and Families

Assembly Bill 104

Relating to: prohibiting marriage between persons of the same sex.

By Representatives Seratti, Ladwig, Nass, Albers, Porter, Wood, Dobyns, Grothman, Ryba, Urban, Ainsworth, Zukowski, Musser, Freese, Green, Hoven, Ott, Olsen, Goetsch, Otte, Sykora, Lazich, Owens, Underheim, Gard, F. Lasee, Hahn, Schafer, Huebsch, Kedzie, Kreibich, M. Lehman, Brandemuehl and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senators Fitzgerald, Drzewiecki, Buettner, Schultz, Zien, Cowles, A. Lasee, Weeden and Farrow.

February 18, 1997 Referred to committee on Children and Families.

March 10, 1997 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (8) Representative Huebsch, Dobyns, Goetsch, Ainsworth, R. Young, Notestein, Krug and Hebl.

Excused: (1) Representative Ladwig.

Appearances for

· Sen. Dave Zien, 23rd Senate Dist.

· Rep. Lorraine, Seratti, 36th District

· Senator Scott Fitzgerald, 13th Senate District

· Anthony Falzarano, Executive Director, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays

· Dr. Les Ollila, President Northland Bible College

· Donna Rozar, RN

· Dennis Walton, Faith Baptist Church and School

· John Huebscher, Catholic Conference

· Scott Suder, for Representative Robert Zukowski

· Jeff Walton Faith Baptist School/Church, Beecher

· Ralph Ovadal, Wisconsin Christians United, Monroe

· Rev. James Kroonblawd, Aniwa

· Marvin Munyon, Family Research Institute, Watertown

· Dan Schmidt, Menomonee Falls

· Dan Churchwell, Dunbar

· Jim Brown, Wisconsin Christians United, Milwaukee

· Pastor Henry Stiller, Lakewood Baptist Church, Lake Geneva

· George Kriegl, W.C.U., Oconomowoc

· Ken Eyre, Iron Ridge

· Gary Butler, Immanuel Baptist Church, Wausau

· Joseph Kuggelman, Milwaukee

· Eugene Gunderson, Strum

· Jackie Szehner, Plover

· Richard Wolfe, Wausau

· Dave Safford, Eau Claire

· Ervin Witmer, Wausau

· Raymond Haas, Community Church, Stevens Point

· Terry Kelb, Brokaw

· Janice Kelb, Brokaw

Appearances against

· Rev. Calvin Harfst, Presbytarian

· Rev. Glenda Walker, Unitarian

· Rabbi Daniel Danson, Reformed Jewish

· Rev. Dr. Charles Wolfe, United Church of Christ

· Sunshine Jones, Joann Kelley, Sol Kelley-Jones, Madison

· Prof. Larry Wu

· Prof. Jane Scheder

· Atty. Carol Gapen, Anne & Georgie Grinkey, Madison

· Rev. Rother Gibson, Madison

· Susan E. Fischer, Madison

· Joann Elder, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

· Barbara Burdulis, Madison

· David Cohen, Madison

· Mark Pocan, Madison

· Megan Lemke, Madison

· John Griffith, Baraboo

· Norah Cashin, Sandy Holtzman, Action Wisconsin, Madison

· Andrew Brett, Log Cabin Republicans, Madison

· Chris Halverson, Madison

· Cindy Duckert, Neenah