Homosexual Marriage Ban Gets New Life From Mass. Court
(CNSNews.com) - Supporters of a ban on homosexual marriages in Massachusetts are lauding a state Supreme Judicial Court ruling last week that might revive the issue that died in July when the Legislature adjourned without acting on it.
The Massachusetts Citizens for Marriage hopes to put a referendum on the ballot in 2004 that would outlaw homosexual marriages, but before voters can have a say in the matter, several procedural steps must first take place.
The amendment's supporters collected more than the 57,000 required signatures, but in order for a referendum to be placed on the ballot in Massachusetts, it must receive 25 percent support from legislators.
A vote never took place, however, primarily because the Democrat-controlled Senate and House wanted to kill the measure, said attorney J. Edward Pawlick of Massachusetts Citizens for Marriage.
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