Sioux City, Iowa, council members voted Monday to delay taking action on a resolution to publicly oppose same-sex marriage, reports The Des Moines Register.
Before moving forward on the proposal, Mayor Mike Hobart said he first wanted counsel from the state attorney general "on whether we have the jurisdiction and authority to pass the resolution."
Councilman Brent Hoffman introduced the proposal to publicly support the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Though the city has no legal authority over defining marriage, Hoffman said the symbolic move would have been instructive for city departments, boards, and commissions. The resolution also requests a statewide vote on gay marriage.
The Register reported that nearly 60 people attended Monday's council meeting to hear the debate, but the matter was "tabled indefinitely," according to Hobart.
Gay unions are a hot topic in Iowa, where the supreme court is deliberating over whether to uphold the state's Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits same-sex marriage, or declare the law unconstitutional. The ruling is expected to come any time in the next year and a half.
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