http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/candidates/articles/2006/06/30/reilly_presses_for_vote_on_gay_marriage_ban/Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly urged the Legislature yesterday to vote on a proposed ban of same-sex marriage next month, using a debate among Democratic candidates for governor to say that lawmakers should not try to kill the measure through procedural maneuvers.
Reilly, who initially opposed same-sex marriage but came to support it, was the only Democrat yesterday to say the scheduled vote should take place. Deval L. Patrick said he would accept a tactic that derailed the measure, and Christopher F. Gabrieli refused to say either way.
Reilly said that although he's against the constitutional amendment, which seeks to outlaw same-sex marriage in 2008, he believes that the Legislature should take it up.
``I would vote against it if I was a legislator," Reilly said. ``But they should vote on this."