Massachusetts betrayal on marriage.The Massachusetts state legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: tr.v. post·poned, post·pon·ing, post·pones 1. To delay until a future time; put off. See Synonyms at defer1. 2. To place after in importance; subordinate. putting a marriage initiative on the ballot until (at least) after the November election. And nobody is banking on the legislature voting to put the marriage initiative on a future ballot, when the state legislature's joint session (called a "constitutional convention") reconvenes. This despite the fact that the required number of signatures was collected from voters to place the initiative on the ballot. Adoption of such an amendment by the voters would make it part of the state constitution. This is the second time the Massachusetts legislature has thumbed its nose at voters supporting traditional marriage; the first occurred in 2002, when the legislature refused to put a similar (though superior) initiative on the ballot. The legislature voted to adjourn adjourn v. the final closing of a meeting, such as a convention, a meeting of the board of directors, or any official gathering. It should not be confused with a recess, meaning the meeting will break and then continue at a later time. (See: recess, session) even though the 48th amendment to the state constitution requires that "a proposal for an amendment to the state constitution introduced by initiative petition shall be voted upon in the form in which it was introduced ... [and] Final legislative action in the joint session upon any amendment shall be taken only by call of the yeas and nays YEAS AND NAYS. The list of members of a legislative body voting in the affirmative and negative of a proposition is so called. 2. The constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. ." (Emphasis added.) The initiative would have defined marriage as a man and a woman under state law, but would "grandfather in"--as it were--those same sex ceremonies already performed under the state Supreme Judicial Court's 2003 Goodridge v. Department of Public Health Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health, 798 N.E.2d 941 (Mass. 2003), was a landmark state appellate court case dealing with same-sex marriage rights in Massachusetts. Ruling decision. The grandfathering clause was necessarily flawed flaw 1 n. 1. An imperfection, often concealed, that impairs soundness: a flaw in the crystal that caused it to shatter. See Synonyms at blemish. 2. because the state constitution bans initiatives directed at reversing judicial decisions. |
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