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 BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts judges who legalized gay marriage say they cannot force state lawmakers to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit the same-sex unions.
The Supreme Judicial Court said lawmakers are defying their constitutional duties by not voting, but said it has no authority to force them to act.
"Beyond resorting to aspirational language that relies on the presumptive good faith of elected representatives, there is no presently articulated judicial remedy for the Legislature's indifference to, or defiance of, its constitutional duties," Justice John Greaney wrote for the unanimous court on Wednesday.
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