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Article: Bay State moves closer to gay-marriage challenge; Massachusetts lawmakers approved a measure Tuesday that's needed to put a proposed ban on the ballot in 2008.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 4, 2007
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Byline: Ben Arnoldy Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
BOSTON -- Massachusetts, the only state in the US where gay couples can legally marry, is now much closer to letting the voters decide whether to stick with gay marriage or change the state constitution to ban it.
State legislators, meeting in a constitutional convention Tuesday, took one of two big steps toward putting the issue on the 2008 ballot. Their vote keeps alive a citizen-led initiative to amend the constitution to prevent same-sex marriage, ensuring that the debate over one of the most contentious social issues in America is not finished in Massachusetts.
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