http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/sep/05090803.html
"The Massachusetts attorney general approved a ballot Wednesday that would allow voters an opportunity to overturn a 2003 activist court decision by voting on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex “marriage” for the commonwealth during the next general election in 2008.
The approval from Attorney General Thomas Reilly now means that the Massachusetts Family Institute can begin to gather the 65,825 signatures necessary for the next approval stage of the ballot. Assuming the petition, due December 7, succeeds, the next hurdle is garnering 25 percent support among lawmakers in both 2006 and 2007, before the measure is finally approved for the ballot in 2008. "- LifeSiteNews.com Sept. 8, 2005