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“PUSH FOR TOTAL BAN MAY AIM FOR 2008”
"BOSTON - (Boston Globe 3/30/2005) A leading conservative group, which has been in discussion with the Romney administration, is readying a push ofr an outright ban on same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.
The move could significantly alter the debate on Beacon Hill over same-sex unions this year and undercut support for a compromise measure approved by the Legislature last year that outlawed gay marriage but established civil unions.
Kris Mineau, the president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, said the group plans to unveil the new strategy next month, but he would not elaborate. However, legislators said that they have been briefed by the group aboaut a proposal to mount a new citizens petition campaign to place a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage on the 2008 ballot.
Mineau said he and his group are adamantly opposed to creating a civil unins system for gay couples. ‘We’ve got a new strategy to deal with the situation,’ he said.
Mineau said his group has been in contact with Governor Mitt Romney’s deputy chief of staff, Peter Flaherty, about the new strategy. ‘We’ve [sic] having a good dialogue’, Mineau said.
The compromise that bans same-sex marriage and establishes civil unions must pass the Legislature once more to reach the 2006 ballot. But an alternative amendment to ban gay marriage could reach voters no sooner than 2008, possibly sidelining the issue while Romney decides to seek reelection or run for president."
"BOSTON - (Boston Globe 3/30/2005) A leading conservative group, which has been in discussion with the Romney administration, is readying a push ofr an outright ban on same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.
The move could significantly alter the debate on Beacon Hill over same-sex unions this year and undercut support for a compromise measure approved by the Legislature last year that outlawed gay marriage but established civil unions.
Kris Mineau, the president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, said the group plans to unveil the new strategy next month, but he would not elaborate. However, legislators said that they have been briefed by the group aboaut a proposal to mount a new citizens petition campaign to place a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage on the 2008 ballot.
Mineau said he and his group are adamantly opposed to creating a civil unins system for gay couples. ‘We’ve got a new strategy to deal with the situation,’ he said.
Mineau said his group has been in contact with Governor Mitt Romney’s deputy chief of staff, Peter Flaherty, about the new strategy. ‘We’ve [sic] having a good dialogue’, Mineau said.
The compromise that bans same-sex marriage and establishes civil unions must pass the Legislature once more to reach the 2006 ballot. But an alternative amendment to ban gay marriage could reach voters no sooner than 2008, possibly sidelining the issue while Romney decides to seek reelection or run for president."
