Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment Vote FAILS in Con-Con! (MA)

[bicentennial_baby]

:bounce:

http://www.baywindows.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&AudID=0813BC739F2044E5A03DCF2DE3FDF7C9&tier=4&id=62D81A13A9C7438290B06D976158B174

[LostinVA]

1. Yay!!!

[bicentennial_baby]

2. I am SO proud of my State Legislature today...

Finally! :woohoo:

:hug:

[wicket]

3. You and me both neighbor!

:hi:

:woohoo:

[bicentennial_baby]

5. I was worried for a while there...

And that dingbat Kris Mineau now wants an investigation about pressuring legislators... :eyes:

[kevinbgoode]

15. Now that's rich. . .

Especially since an investigation needed to be launched into the duplicitous way these alleged "christians" gathered their petitions because they deceived voters. . .and their rhetoric of threats (including a lawsuit launched by Romney) against legislators is well-documented.

Their use of unwarranted lies, falsehoods perpetuated by the Catholic Church, outrageous rhetoric by "MassResistance" and their combination of curses and dire warnings about the destruction of the state by God should have been reason enough for legislators to do the majority's bidding and trash this travesty immediately.

These people represent nothing more than a MINORITY which attempted to REMOVE the rights of another MINORITY.

Frankly, if this had passed, I would have been all for petitioning for a constitutional amendment removing rights from members of MassResistance. After all, the "people" should be allowed to vote on THEIR marriages too.

[bicentennial_baby]

19. I know!

After the signature fiasco, one would think he would slink back into his cave...

[Madspirit]

4. k&r

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

6. Good work!

I'm sickened by some of the bigots I see out there, but it does my soul good to see people supporting equal rights too.

[bicentennial_baby]

7. A great day for MA, and America

:D

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

8. Kick for equality!

:kick:

:bounce:

[karlrschneider]

9. Terrific!

:kick:

[Az]

10. Yay!

:bounce:

[Bluebear]

11. YES!

[LeftHander]

12. Hooray for MA!!!

I only wish that the dirty neocon fundies had not had control in Wisconsin. That lead to a progressive state like Wisconsin having a punitive hate driven amendment passed by a vote of the people.

Gay marriage is banned in Wisconsin thanks to the fear mongering, hate rallying, "Phobia on the Family" garbage eaters.

One vote allowed the amendment to go to the ballot last year. One vote. allowed the backwoods republicans to rally people to the polls to vote for inequality, hate and fear.

[babylonsister]

13. Yay-y-y, MASS! nt

[endarkenment]

14. But shouldn;t I have the opportunity to deny you your rights?

Well no I shouldn't. And nor should you have the right to deny me mine. I am thrilled that the legislature saw through this bullshit and did the right thing.

[Forkboy]

16. Mass is a very cool place to live.

Far from perfect,like any state,but there's a lot of good things about being here.

[bicentennial_baby]

20. I wouldn't trade it for any other!

:hi:

[Marrah_G]

38. I could never move from here

Well, outside new england anyway.

Yes this is a very cool place to live and I would love to have every GBLT couple in the country move here. I have 2 houses for sale on my street!!

[lukasahero]

17. Woo hoo!!

Been waiting to hear that news! I'm so proud of my legislators today.

:bounce: :toast: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause:

[LostinVA]

50. Haven't seen you on here much lately

Good news about the vote, eh???

[lukasahero]

51. I'm thrilled about the vote

And so proud to be a MA resident today. :)

As for "being around", just one of those "life gets in the way" times. Oh but congrats on getting the rings - saw something about that the other day. So when are you moving to Mass? ;)

[LostinVA]

52. Not to MA, but to NJ

Sometime in July or August.

[riona]

18. This is wonderful

I do love my home state.
:loveya:

[LeftCoast]

21. How fitting that my partner and I bought our wedding rings today!

We signed our papers yesterday. :bounce:

[tmlanders]

22. Congratulations!

When is your big day? :loveya: I am glad to live in beautiful Massachusetts today!

[LeftCoast]

28. Thanks! We're saving the big day for when we can really get married

Until then we're going to have a party with a small ring ceremony. Haven't set the date for that yet. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

23. Oh sweetie, that's wonderful!

:bounce:

:hug:

[LeftCoast]

29. Thanks much!

It's been an odd process. I'll have to write a post describing the process so people can get a better understanding of it. In many ways it's very different from marriage.

:hi: & :hug:

[bicentennial_baby]

30. I'm sure it is, and I'd love to hear about it

So happy for you two. :)

I've missed you, y'know :hug:

[LeftCoast]

42. Now that I graduated and got a job I don't have as much free time

:)

Missed you too! I'll be sticking around - never fear! :hi:

[Marrah_G]

39. Congrats!!!!!

[LeftCoast]

43. Thanks Marrah!

:hi:

[LostinVA]

49. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats!

[Breeze54]

24. I'm really glad to hear it!!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

Fairness is still alive in MA!!!

[bicentennial_baby]

26. thank gawd!

I was concerned, but they came through...Whew!

[Breeze54]

27. I've always had a feeling they would! Especially since Nov.!!

;)

Congrats again!! Just wonderful!!
My son said to tell ya all he's happy for you too!

:toast:

[bicentennial_baby]

33. Thank you!

And thanks to your son! Yay! :toast:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

25. Cool!

:toast:

[CatholicEdHead]

31. Boston Archdiocese has a statement out already

http://www.rcab.org/News/releases/2007/statement070614.html

Ignoring the will of more than 170,000 people who signed the marriage petition and blocking the people from exercising their right to vote is tragic.

In the Commonwealth, our state laws provide for the process whereby the citizens have a right to vote on a constitutional amendment. However, the leadership of the Democratic Party refuses to allow citizens and elected officials to vote their conscience on social issues. Their ideological positions undermine the common good. Today, the common good has been sacrificed by the extreme individualism that subordinates what is best for children, families and society.

It is obvious from the unprecedented amount of pressure that was put upon elected officials that opponents of the amendment believed that the voters of the Commonwealth would have voted in favor of the traditional definition of marriage. The pressure tactics were engineered to insure that the will of the people would not prevail.

The question for those elected officials who opposed allowing the marriage amendment to be voted on by the people is: do we live in a country where people are free to vote their conscience or are we controlled by what is viewed as politically correct and by powerful special interest groups?

[bicentennial_baby]

34. I can think of some things the Catholic Church in MA has done

that weren't so positive for the "common good"... :puke:

[Breeze54]

40. I'm a MA voter and I disagree with that statement!

I made my voice heard on this a long time ago and again and again.

But then again, I disagree with a lot of the Archdiocese's statements!

And the Catholic Church, for that matter! :P

[endarkenment]

41. I don't think catholics should be allowed to marry and I'd like to vote on that.

Plus I'm not sure about blondes either. Nope, blondes marrying is abhorent to me. I want to vote on that too.

[Breeze54]

44. To be fair though...

it isn't all the catholics. There are a lot of protestants and fundies thrown in together on this one.

[kevinbgoode]

48. Typically, the Catholic Church believes that the "will" of 170,000

people, out of a commonwealth population of 6.4 million, is a complete representation of the opinions of the whole population.

What this amendment petition amounted to was a MINORITY attempting to have the rights of ANOTHER MINORITY removed by amending the Constitution.

Frankly, if this had passed, I would hope the GLBT community in Massachusetts would author a similar amendment aimed at con-artist conservative political action committee members masquerading as "christians" and their relationships. The first time one minority is allowed to take away the rights of another, no one's rights are safe. . .anyone can then petition to remove the rights of all kinds of people.

The Catholic Church, which continues to pretend that it didn't mean to actively and purposefully hid criminal sexual abuse within it's own walls, hardly has any moral foundation to stand upon. Any other organization which would have perpetrated so many numbers of crimes would have been de-recognized.

[Rockholm]

32. I was there! It was awesome. IT IS AWESOME!!!!!!

My third anniversary is in two 12 days!!!!!!

[bicentennial_baby]

35. I wanted to be there so badly!

I couldn't make today or the last one, b/c of work and school. I was there last Summer though, and it was awesome! :bounce:

Congratulations on your anniversary! :hug:

[Breeze54]

37. The crowd outside the state house looked huge!!

It must have been very exciting to be there!!
I couldn't find any pics of it though.

:toast:

[Rockholm]

45. I took some on my phone.

Have no idea how to get them from my phone to the computer. I will work on it.

[Marrah_G]

36. Congrats to my GBLT neighbors :)

[foreigncorrespondent]

46. GOOD!

The anti gay brigade is losing its control!

So glad to hear this. :)

[NMMNG]

47. Yay for equality!

:woohoo: