Senate GOP speeds vote on marriage amendment

By Anne E. Kornblut

Globe Staff / June 19, 2004

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Republican leaders said yesterday they plan to put a federal ban on gay marriage to a vote by mid-July -- accelerating their schedule for the proposed constitutional amendment and potentially forcing Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts and other Democrats to cast a controversial ballot right before the Democratic National Convention. (Full Article: 1020 Words)