Massachusetts marriage amendment advances

State lawmakers in Massachusetts, facing the possibility of personal liability for refusing to follow the state Constitution, have blinked, and voted to allow a voter-supported initiative that would define marriage in the state as between one man and one woman only to move forward. It's just another step in the long process defined by the state Constitution to amend that document, but it is significant because of the imposition of "gay" marriages in that state -- the first state to take such action -- after the state Supreme Judicial Court determined they must be allowed . . . [Click for more] Mass. governor-elect Deval Patrick (D) urges no marriage vote (Associated Press)

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