NYT/Reuters: Gays Hope Ally Patrick Becomes First Black Mass. Governor

[DeepModem Mom]

Gays Hope Ally Becomes First Black Mass. Governor
By REUTERS
Published: October 19, 2006

BOSTON (Reuters) - Deval Patrick, widely expected to become Massachusetts' first black governor, says a nearly century-old law used to stop gays from elsewhere in America from marrying in the liberal state is rooted in racism.

If the Democrat wins on November 7, he would not only be the second African-American elected governor in the nation but he could also pave the way for gay couples from Alaska to Maine to marry in the only U.S. state where gays can legally wed.

Under Patrick, conservative Christians warn, Massachusetts will become the Las Vegas of gay marriage.

Patrick, comfortably leading in polls, has sharply criticized a 1913 law invoked by Massachusetts Republican Gov. and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney -- and upheld by the state's highest court in March -- that bars out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts.

A top civil rights enforcer in the Clinton administration, Patrick has questioned the roots of the law, originally passed in part to uphold other states' bans on interracial marriage.

"I think that something that has origins as questionable and as discriminatory as they seem to be in this case ought to come off our books,'' he said in a recent debate....

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-rights-gays.html

[MADem]

1. No one could BELIEVE the ugly shitstorm of a campaign his opponent

is waging...it makes "Willy Horton" look like fucking lawn tennis.

Healey has gotten so far down in the mud that she's actually LOWER than sewer shit!!!

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2. Have you seen Healey's ad with the woman walking alone in the garage?

Racism, fear-mongering and lies, all wrapped up in one neat little package. I fucking hate that woman!

[MADem]

4. I really would like to shove her face in a shitpie, and I know that isn't

nice...but how she can LIVE with herself, I've no idea. It's evil, what she's doing. She's got NUTHIN', so she's going for the very lowest visceral reaction she can find. And she doesn't care if she lies....

[Cha]

3. This is why Blacks vote

Democratic, flanigan and rooney.


"29.. it gets worse
look at page 2 of the article at http://www.nysun.com/article/41648?page_no=1

and you find this gem

"I can understand why a Ku Klux Klan cracker like David Duke makes nice with the terrorists,"a male voice in the ad says. "What I want to know is why so many of the Democrat politicians I helped elect are on the same side of the Iraq war as David Duke."


well, in concers to David Duke, how does that saying go, even a broken clock is right 2 times a day....

then on page 4

"Asked why he supports the group, Mr. Flanigan said, "I think it's unfortunate that some 90% of African Americans vote Democratic … Rooney has had some success in moving African-American votes."


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2430197#2430613