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Massachusetts Legislature Gridlocks over Marriage Debate.

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Date: Friday, February 13 2004

By Rick Klein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 13--The state's historic court decision declaring same-sex marriages legal was left intact last night, after a deeply divided Massachusetts Legislature was forced to adjourn its constitutional convention without passing a ban on gay marriage. Legislators scheduled their next convention session for March 11.

With gay marriage opponents chanting "we want a vote," and gay-marriage supporters singing "God Bless America" in the hallways, the chaotic session ended at midnight. Lawmakers

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