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Defeat of anti-gay marriage amendment at the Constitutional Convention
Marilyn Humphries
9/14/2005
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Sept. 14, 2005. Boston, MA.
Senator Brian Lees, Senate Republican leader who co-sponsored the bill switched his vote from the previous year and voted against it. The senator is surrounded by press after he was congratulated by supporters who were listening to the debate in the Great Hall.
The Massachusetts Legislature defeated a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages and establish civil unions by a vote of 157 to 39.
© 2005 MARILYN HUMPHRIES
© 2005 MARILYN HUMPHRIES
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