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Article: FINNERAN EYES SPLITTING AMENDMENT WOULD SEPARATE CIVIL UNIONS, BAN ON GAY MARRIAGE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 4, 2004
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House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran signaled yesterday that he is
ready to abandon his support for a compromise constitutional
amendment that both bans gay marriage and creates civil unions,
suggesting instead that the two approaches be split into separate
measures for voters to consider.
Finneran presented the idea in a meeting with Senate President
Robert E. Travaglini, who co sponsored the compromise with Finneran
and has been counting on the House speaker to round up votes for its
passage. Without Finneran, who presides over a 160-member body, as
opposed to the 40 lawmakers in the Senate, Travaglini could have a
tough time winning passage of the measure, which combines civil
unions and a ...