Agudath Israel of America, a fervently religious group, urged the Massachusetts legislature to oppose gay civil marriage. The Agudah said its move came in response to an ad in the Boston Globe by some 100 Massachusetts rabbis from the liberal streams, supporting the state supreme court’s ruling that civil marriage should not be limited to heterosexuals.
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