I think this is the gay marriage amendment Kerry had in mind to support [View All]

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It bans gay marriage but allows civil unions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/11/national/11GAY.html?hp

BOSTON, Feb. 10 — Seeking to counteract last week's court decision allowing gay couples to marry in Massachusetts, state lawmakers on Tuesday fashioned what they called a compromise: a proposed amendment to the state's Constitution that would define marriage as a heterosexual institution but allow same-sex couples to join in civil unions.

The compromise was developed as legislators prepared for what is likely to be a divisive constitutional convention that begins on Wednesday and is expected to be dominated by the gay-marriage question.