Lawmakers recess without voting on constitutional amendment...

The House and Senate, meeting in a special joint session yesterday, voted to recess before taking up a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would limit the legal definition of marriage to the union of one man and one woman. Lawmakers voted to adjourn the session until Jan. 2, the last official day of the session.

The 109-87 vote to recess dealt a blow to opponents of same-sex marriage looking to override the landmark court decision three years ago. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled in a 4-3 decision in 2003 that gays and lesbians could legally marry under the state constitution.

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