Amendment would turn gay marriages into unions

Lawmakers get proposal today

By Frank Phillips and Raphael Lewis

Globe Staff / February 11, 2004

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With international attention focused on Beacon Hill, the Massachusetts Legislature will consider today a new version of a state constitutional amendment that would restrict marriage to heterosexuals beginning in 2006 and reclassify same-sex marriages that take place over the next two years as civil unions. (Full Article: 1274 Words)