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Article: Gay marriage debate includes questions of religious liberty; As Massachusetts weighs amending its constitution to allow civil unions, some say churches may face pressure.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 15, 2004
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Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
BOSTON -- As the question of gay marriage flares across the US, pressure has mounted on state legislatures to pass constitutional amendments that define marriage as only between a man and a woman.
In Massachusetts, the only state where the court has already mandated same-sex marriage, the deliberations have a particular urgency: Lawmakers last week cobbled together a compromise amendment designed to provide an alternative to the court ruling by banning gay marriage but establishing same-sex civil unions with the same legal rights.
To many, it's a compromise - albeit a shaky one ...