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Group works to outlaw gay marriage Sentinel & Enterprise Fri, 17 Jun 2005 9:26 AM PDT BOSTON -- With the backing of Gov. Mitt Romney, a coalition of gay marriage opponents Thursday announced a new ballot initiative designed to outlaw gay marriage in Massachusetts, part of a shift in strategy that does not allow for Vermont-style civil unions.

Romney supports gay marriage ban Long Beach Press-Telegram Fri, 17 Jun 2005 0:08 AM PDT BOSTON - Gov. Mitt Romney said Thursday he will support a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Massachusetts, the only state where it is legal.

Romney backs anti-gay marriage push South Coast Today Thu, 16 Jun 2005 9:45 PM PDT BOSTON -- Gov. Mitt Romney yesterday endorsed a new citizen initiative petition to ban gay marriage, saying a civil union compromise offered by the Legislature last year did not offer a clear choice to voters.

Romney vows support for initiative to ban gay marriage WRGB Thu, 16 Jun 2005 5:31 PM PDT (Boston - AP) — Governor Romney says he'll support a citizen-led effort to ban gay marriages in Massachusetts. The proposed constitutional amendment will take the form of a citizen's initiative.

Romney Backs Revised Amendment To Ban Gay Marriage WLBZ Bangor Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:51 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) -- The new constitutional amendment was unveiled Thursday by a coalition of gay marriage opponents, who must collect 66-thousand signatures to get it before the Legislature.

KBCI Boise Thu, 16 Jun 2005 1:17 PM PDT BOSTON Gay marriage supporters in Massachusetts have denounced an effort to constitutionally ban the practice -- an effort that has the support of Governor Mitt Romney.

MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR ROMNEY VOWS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE BAN KPVI-TV Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:18 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) -- Governor Mitt Romney backs an effort to put a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on the ballot in Massachusetts. The new proposal differs from a proposed amendment that has been pending in the state Legislature, which would ban gay marriages but legalize civil unions.

Romney to Back Plan to Ban Gay Marriage ABC News Thu, 16 Jun 2005 5:52 PM PDT Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney Says He'll Support Proposed Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriage

Romney backs new effort to prohibit gay marriages Boston Globe Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:50 PM PDT Governor Mitt Romney yesterday endorsed a grass-roots effort to pass a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in Massachusetts in 2008, abandoning his support for what he called a ''muddied" compromise measure that would also ban gay marriages but allow gays to enter into civil unions.

Ballot initiative seeks to halt gay marriages Sun-Sentinel Fri, 17 Jun 2005 0:19 AM PDT BOSTON · Gov. Mitt Romney voiced support for a ballot initiative proposed Thursday that would end same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, the only state where such unions are legal.

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BAY STATE POLL RESULTS: Mass Residents Reject Gay Marriage Ban, Worry About Big Dig, and Oppose President Bush and Social Security Plan!

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2005--Overview of Bay State Poll

• A majority (51.5%) of Massachusetts' residents oppose even the idea of the state legislature placing a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage on the 2006 election ballot.
  
• While 6 in 10 state residents consider the Big Dig a major improvement or something of an improvement in traffic flow, over half (52.6%) believe that major structural problems are very likely.
  
• The gap between President Bush's (35%) approval rating and Governor Romney's (56%) approval rating among state residents has doubled since the last Bay State Poll taken before the November election. This 20% difference is the largest gap in evaluations of the two leaders since the Bay State Poll began.
  
• State residents oppose the current proposal that would allow younger workers to invest a portion of their Social Security taxes privately 56% to 34% with 10% undecided. In addition, a full 45% of state residents think that the current Social Security system works pretty well and requires only minor changes.
  
• The War in Iraq remains the biggest problem facing the nation according to a plurality (30%) of poll respondents. This percentage is up 10% from the last Bay State Poll. Education remains the number one statewide concern.
  
• Less that half (42.8%) of the state's residents think that Senator John Kerry will run for President in 2008, and 60% think that this would be a bad idea.

These findings come from the Bay State Poll, a quarterly survey of Massachusetts's residents, conducted by the Center for Public Opinion Research at Merrimack College. Seven hundred and ten (710) randomly selected state residents over the age of eighteen were interviewed by telephone between 1/22/05 and 2/2/05. The survey's margin of error is +/- 3.8%. Detailed results and methodological information are available at www.merrimack.edu/polling.

President Bush recently told a reporter, "Studies have shown that the ideal is where a child is raised in a married family with a man and a woman." But contrary to the president's statement, decades of academic studies have shown that a parent's sexual orientation has nothing to do with his or her ability to raise children. Just ask the nation's children's doctors, family physicians and child welfare professionals.