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Mass. Lawmakers Vote on Gay Marriage

In a suspense-filled final day of the legislative session, Massachusetts lawmakers kept alive a proposed constitutional amendment Tuesday that would put a stop to gay marriage in the only state that allows same-sex couples to wed.

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MA high court nixes GPS for sex crime suspects
Source: Boston Globe

The state's highest court has ruled that Massachusetts authorities cannot use a GPS system to track suspected sex offenders while they are awaiting trial.

Judge bans TV station from running story - BostonHerald.com
Source: The Boston Herald

Yesterday, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Merita A. Hopkins prohibited WHDH from airing its story.

Return to segregation? - Washington Blade
Source: washblade.com

In a 5-to-4 vote, a slim majority of justices ruled to limit the use of race in order to maintain or achieve school diversity.

Constitutional Crisis: Mass. legistlature side-steps same-sex marriage debate
Source: Projo.com Projo

In Massachusetts, the same-sex-marriage issue isn't quite done. In fact, the state faces something of a political and constitutional conundrum whose outcome is hard to predict.

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