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News Stories of Interest About the Effort to Defend Marriage in Massachusetts:

2/6/04

• Following the ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court, opponents of same sex marriage in the state legislature scrambled to find ways to prevent its legalization before a constitutional amendment could take effect in 2006. Article here.

• Analysis of and reaction to the ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court that only legalized same sex marriage would satisfy its decision in the Goodridge case from Massachusetts politicians and interest group leaders. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3.
• Excerpts from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Courts ruling that only legal same sex marriages and not civil unions would satisfy its decision in the Goodridge case. Article here.
• Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney gives his views on the same sex marriage crisis in his state and recommendations for other states on what must be done to avoid a similar crisis in their state. Article here.
• Religious leaders on both sides of the same sex marriage issue are mobilizing. Article here.

• Massachusetts Democratic Party adopts resolution supporting same sex marriage. Article here.

• Harvard Law Professor Mary Ann Glendon and Amherst University Professor Hadley Arkes offer a possible way around the Supreme Justice Court decision in the Goodridge case when they note that the legislature may be able to simple pass a law giving the "rational basis" for preserving marriage that the court claimed to find lacking in Massachusetts law. Article here.

• The Coalition for Marriage, coordinating the effort to pass a constitutional amendment to the Massachusetts constitution, kicked off their campaign with a rally just before the state legislature went into session. Article 1. Article 2.

• The Coalition for Marriage, an umbrella group of pro-family and pro-marriage groups in Massachusetts, released a poll in January that shows that 69% of Massachusetts voters want the opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment to preserve marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Article here.