MASS. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT UNLIKELY TO PASS: From the Boston Globe

The state Senate president and the House majority leader, responding to a Globe survey of Massachusetts legislators, say they would vote against a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage and civil unions. The poll, conducted during the week following the Supreme Judicial Court's historic decision Nov. 18 in favor of same-sex marriages, indicated
that, of the 94 lawmakers who responded, opponents to the constitutional measure outnumbered backers by a 2-to-1 margin.
However, the situation on Beacon Hill remains fluid, and the majority of lawmakers declined to make public a position on the proposed
amendment. The court's ruling is setting off intense lobbying from both proponents and opponents, and those campaigns are expected to accelerate as the Feb. 11 constitutional convention nears.

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