AP: Gay-marriage challenge seen defeated in Massachusetts
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Tom Dempsey
Aug 28, 2005, 1:54:25 PM8/28/05
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Gay-marriage challenge seen defeated in Massachusetts
By Jason Szep Fri Aug 26, 6:13 PM ET
BOSTON (Reuters) - Opponents of same-sex marriage face near-certain
defeat in their bid to overturn a ruling in Massachusetts allowing gays
and lesbians to wed, a result that could influence debate on the hotly
contested issue across the country.
Just over a year after Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to
allow gay couples to marry, political support is fading for a state
constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage and allow only
same-sex civil unions.
Massachusetts lawmakers vote on the proposal on September 14 in a
constitutional convention. Approval would pave the way for a final
hurdle -- a state referendum on the amendment in 2006. But a senior
lawmaker expressed doubts it would get that far.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050826/pl_nm/life_gays_dc
By Jason Szep Fri Aug 26, 6:13 PM ET
BOSTON (Reuters) - Opponents of same-sex marriage face near-certain
defeat in their bid to overturn a ruling in Massachusetts allowing gays
and lesbians to wed, a result that could influence debate on the hotly
contested issue across the country.
Just over a year after Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to
allow gay couples to marry, political support is fading for a state
constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage and allow only
same-sex civil unions.
Massachusetts lawmakers vote on the proposal on September 14 in a
constitutional convention. Approval would pave the way for a final
hurdle -- a state referendum on the amendment in 2006. But a senior
lawmaker expressed doubts it would get that far.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050826/pl_nm/life_gays_dc
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