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| Pacific ViewsYou've been had. You've been took. You've been hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray, run amok. - Malcolm X |
The Massachusetts legislature has overwhelmingly voted against a constitutional amendment that would have banned same-sex marriages and replaced them with civil unions. In a joint session, legislators from both houses rejected the measure by a 157-39 vote.
Today's vote kills the proposed amendment, which had to be approved by two successive sessions of the legislature. It was also a turnaround from the vote in the last session, which approved the amendment on a 105-92 vote.
Efforts to end same-sex marriages in the state are far from over, however. Opponents are attempting to launch another amendment that would not only bar same-sex marriages, but civil unions as well. The earliest that can come to a vote is November 2008.
Via AP.
Posted by Magpie at September 14, 2005 03:48 PM | GLBT | TrackBack(1) | Technorati links |