Massachusetts legislature caves to Mitt Romney's legion of bigots, then votes against itself

I'm seriously beginning to think some lawmakers in Massachusetts are mildly retarded (and some voters too). In another edition of "first I voted for it, before I voted against it," we have this from Massachusetts:

The MA legislature took it's first major step in caving to Mitt Romney (also see: hypocrite) and other religious zealots by advancing a proposed gay marriage amendment ban to a second legislative session. They then turned around and WISELY voted to nullify the first vote.

The FIRST vote came WITHOUT DEBATE (how smart of them), the legislature then recessed, only to return an hour later to vote against the original vote. They recessed again, and reconvened until 4:30pm.

If indeed they do allow bigotry to be put up for a popular vote, John over at AmericaBlog sums up my feelings best, with this quote:

Which leads one to ponder, what would the Massachusetts legislature do if racist legislation came before it? Pass it, I guess.