A1 Suit Filed on Gay Union Ban Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts filed suit asking the state 's highest court to order the legislature to vote on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage or to place it on the 2008 ballot if lawmakers do not take up the provision .
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