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Article: Massachusetts governor vows support for ban on gay marriage, civil unions
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- June 16, 2005
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THEO EMERY, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
06-16-2005
Dateline: BOSTON
Gov. Mitt Romney said Thursday he will support a proposed constitutional amendment banning both same-sex marriages and civil unions in Massachusetts, the only U.S. state where gay marriage is now legal.
The proposed amendment, which was announced Thursday by opponents of gay marriage, will take the form of a citizen's initiative. That means the state attorney general's office must sign off on the proposal's language, supporters must collect enough signatures and one-quarter of lawmakers in the Legislature must vote to approve it.
If it passes those hurdles, it could appear on the statewide ballot for a vote as soon ...
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