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Thank Stars, Gay Marriage Won the Day!

14 Responses to “Thank Stars, Gay Marriage Won the Day!”

1. Anonymous Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 1:48 pm

   My civil rights have been greatly violated today! What is wrong with giving the Voters of Mass a say in the matter. Personally, I don’t have an opinion either way but still think it should be voted on…this is supposed to be a democracy after all. What iis the big deal and what are gays afraid of?

2. Mr. Lynne Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 1:53 pm

   There was a vote… the legislators voted to kill it. That is the process. There was never a guarentee that you would vote on it.

   Let me repeat… there was a vote.

3. Anonymous Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 2:06 pm

   There was a vote by intimidation and threats… is that democracy?

4. Tim Little Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 2:10 pm

   Anon.: Nice try; MFI rhetoric isn’t going to stand up under scrutiny.

5. waittilnextyr Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 2:11 pm

   It is pretty clear to me that the Massachusetts Constitution should not be used to discriminate against a minority class of people. A majority popular vote is fraught with the risk that a combination of firmly held beliefs and selfish prejudices would end up doing just that. The Constitutional process for initiative petitions provides a degree of protection against such a serious error, and that worked today.

   It is too bad there wasn’t such a rigorous process in place when this country reversed a long-held belief, and adopted a policy of preemptive war.

6. Mr. Lynne Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 2:37 pm

   I’ll repeat what I said on BMG… I welcome any investigation because it will only serve to solidify how legitimate this end result was. I just hope when they figure out that they really didn’t have the votes to keep the amendment that the story gets reported.

7. Mike Combs Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 3:10 pm

   This is the kind of history my kids and grandkids will read about. I’ll be proud to tell them that Massachusetts was first.

   Then, as they feign politeness while searching for the exit, I’ll tell them for the 500th time about the calls, money, emails and yada yada I did to stop the roll-back of civil rights. By the time I’m done talking, they’ll think I fought WWII, because both are about preserving what this country is all about.

8. Mike Combs Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 3:14 pm

   Uh… Just to be clear, I wasn’t a prime doer on this. I’m just extraordinarily proud to have helped even a little.

9. Tim Little Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 3:17 pm

   Kudos especially to Reps. Golden and Murphy for standing up for equality.

10. Mike Combs Says:
    June 14th, 2007 at 3:38 pm

    Final tally posted on MassEquality.

    Unfortunately, Nangle, Miceli, Pangiatakis couldn’t overcome their personal prejudices to protect equal rights.

    Kudos to Eldridge for sending his campaign team to the state house to lobby today. Just another reason he’s my favorite for MA-05.

11. Lynne Says:
    June 14th, 2007 at 4:04 pm

    “Personally, I don’t have an opinion either way but still think it should be voted on”…why don’t I believe that? It seems there’s people who are coming on here (anonymously, of course, can’t even come up with a nickname of their own) and insistantly stating talking points from the idiots responsible for this hate amendment (using the talking points that are more palatable to the average person who DOESn’t hate).

    I gotta wonder if this isn’t acutally one of those VoM or MFI folks pretending to be “one of us” non-haters.

    Remember, blogging communities can spot a shill from a mile away. I think I see a glimpse of one.

12. Muronao Says:
    June 14th, 2007 at 7:42 pm

    You know, I’ll agree that this needs to be voted on if all of the Vote on Marriage people publicly announce that they’re dissolving their marriages, because no one ever got the opportunity to vote to approve them and thus they’re not legitimate. Then we can have a new policy of needing a statewide vote to approve every single proposed marriage. Until then, it’s just a bunch of disingenuous baloney with the majority trying to take rights away from the minority while keeping them for themselves. Marriage isn’t a right? Okay then, then married people shouldn’t be granted any benefits by the state, you can cover kids on your health plan but your spouse is on his or her own…doesn’t sound so good when it applies to you, does it?

13. John Hosty Says:
    June 15th, 2007 at 10:37 am

    Lynne, thanks for being there to help cover all the stories that made up this battle. It looks like all the little people like us put just enough light on this subject to make a difference. Now we can move forward on more important matters, and help in other ways.

14. Ryan Says:
    June 18th, 2007 at 2:52 am

    Clearly, I need more comments over at my blog.

    This was a thoroughly interesting and entertaining read.

    I love shills. They’re so obvious, it’s kind of like a kid trying to hide candy.

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