8 Gay Marriage

In 2002 Massachusetts courts gave the go ahead for gay marriage in the state. Since then a heavy opposition has been rising. Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would outlaw gay marriage claim to have enough signatures to put the question to voters. There are constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriages now in 19 states and votes expected within the next year or two in several more. President Bush has come out strongly against gay marriage. He supports a Constitutional "definition" for marriage that would make it impossible for state and federal court judges to interpret the Constitution in a way that would allow gays to marry.