Following judicial decisions in both Vermont and Massachusetts that paved the way for the legality of same-sex marriages, ________
A. a large number of states passed initiatives supporting same-sex marriage
B. several other states quickly amended their constitutions to legalize same-sex marriages
C. supreme courts in a majority of states found same-sex marriage to be valid
D. several other states moved to amend their constitutions to prohibit same-sex marriages
ANSWER: D
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