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Friday, June 15, 2007

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By Steve Leblanc, AP: Massachusetts lawmakers voted Thursday to block a proposed constitutional amendment that would have let voters decide whether to ban gay marriage in the only state that currently allows it. The narrow vote was a victory for gay marriage advocates and a devastating blow to efforts to reverse the historic 2003 state court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. The proposal needed 50 votes to advance to the 2008 ballot. It got 45, with 151 lawmakers opposed. . . [Read More] See also: Group warns Mass. will "export" marriage destruction & Alan Keyes on Mass. gay marriage
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