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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
At a press conference after the vote legislators and organizers who oppossed the marriage amendment spoke to the crowd of supporters.
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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