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Upheld more than 6,000 same-sex marriages.


* On September 14 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:
 upheld more than 6,000 same-sex marriages Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated"
couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable
 when it voted 157 to 39 to reject a discriminatory amendment to the state constitution that would have defined marriage as between one man and one woman. But despite approval of the California Senate on September 2 to allow gay marriage, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ]  vetoed the proposition when it reached his desk.

Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist hu·man·ist  
n.
1. A believer in the principles of humanism.

2. One who is concerned with the interests and welfare of humans.

3.
a. A classical scholar.

b. A student of the liberal arts.
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Title Annotation:WORTH NOTING
Author:Gajewski, Karen Ann
Publication:The Humanist
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Nov 1, 2005
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