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Even State Senator Brian Lees, one of the bill’s co-sponsors and also a Republican, eventually decided to vote against his own proposition in light of same-sex marriage’s new social role in the Commonwealth. “Today, gay marriage is the law...
“Gay marriage has begun, and life has not changed for the citizens of the Commonwealth, with the exception of those who can now marry,” State Sen. Brian Lees, a Republican who co-sponsored the original amendment, said on Wednesday. “This amendment...
Because the new proposal, unlike Travaglini-Lees, originated outside the legislature, it would require a lower threshold of support to reach the popular ballot: only one-quarter of the legislature needs to support the motion in consecutive sessions for it to pass through to the ballot.
The probably defunct Travaglini-Lees amendment was designed to satisfy both gay-marriage opponents and gay-union advocates, but it ultimately failed to please either camp.
“The Travaglini-Lees amendment is something that neither side wanted to begin with and still doesn’t,” said Massachusetts Family Institute Director of Public Policy Evelyn Reilly. “The proponents of same-sex marriages don’t want to...