BOSTON — The Massachusetts Legislature delivered a setback to defenders of marriage July 12 by postponing for four months a vote on a constitutional amendment to protect the institution.
Meanwhile, in a court decision the same day, a Connecticut judge rejected the efforts of homosexual couples to force the state to grant them marriage licenses. Superior Court Judge Patty Jenkins Pittman ruled that the state Legislature did not act unconstitutionally in legalizing civil unions instead of “marriage” for homosexuals.
In Massachusetts, a joint session of the Legislature went into recess without voting on the Protection of Marriage Amendment. The Senate and House members voted 100–91 to recess as a constitutional convention until Nov. 9, two days after the election, The Boston Globe reported. The legislative delay came only two days after the state’s Supreme Judicial Court handed amendment supporters a win by ruling unanimously that the proposal could appear on the ballot if the Legislature approved it. The Supreme Judicial Court legalized gay “marriage” in 2003.
Massachusetts remains the only state to have legitimized marriage between people of the same sex. (TAB)
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