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VT Lawmakers: Marriage Equality is Now a Priority – w/Poll!

March 6, 2009 By Laurel 2 Comments

Lawmakers in Vermont have announced that they will shepherd through equal marriage legislation week after next. "Passing this bill is the right thing to do at this time," said Sen. Peter Shumlin, D-Vt. President Pro Tem. Shumlin and Rep. … [Read more...]

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Federal DOMA to face challenge

March 3, 2009 By Mr. Lynne 46 Comments

Of course it's pretty self evident that DOMA discriminates.  Of course discrimination by itself isn't wrong... its only wrong when based on 'wrong' criteria (I discriminate based on party affiliation all the time in the voting booth). … [Read more...]

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New Jersey District 25 – any hope?

December 13, 2008 By Laurel 2 Comments

In anticipation of the upcoming marriage equality debate in New Jersey, I'm trying to get a feel for the possibilities in my family's district.  They live in District 25, which is represented by 3 republicans: Senator ANTHONY R. … [Read more...]

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Time to revoke DOMA – in Manchester today with John Edwards

September 8, 2007 By AmberPaw 15 Comments

Further, Edwards stated that any civil union or gay marriage should receive, and is entitled to receive all the "1100" protections that married couples receive under federal law. He did go on to say that while he fully supports civil … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civil-unions, defense-of-marriage-act, doma, equal-protection, equal-rights, gay-marriage, iraq, new-orleans

LOGO Forum Snippets and Snipes

August 10, 2007 By massmarrier 8 Comments

Barack ObamaBizarrely enough,  expected listeners to believe that chiding a group of anti-gay Black ministers is all the equality cred he needs. I specifically talked about the degree to which the nation of gay marriage in Black … [Read more...]

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Gov Lynch Signs NH Civil Unions Bill

May 31, 2007 By Laurel 35 Comments

Summary round-upBishop V. Gene Robinson"My partner [Mark Andrew] and I look forward to taking full advantage of the new law," Robinson told the Associated Press....[Civil Unions] "moves us one step closer to the American promise to all its … [Read more...]

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Easy to say “marriage”

March 23, 2007 By john-howard 25 Comments

This  NYT story has some relevant insight into the civil union versus marriage debate.  It seems that in practice, it isn't very hard to call civil unions marriages:Marcie Horowitz and Margaret Maloney of Westfield, partners for … [Read more...]

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Despite the headway we’ve made on climate change, it remains an existential threat to our way of life. This challenge requires a global approach and I’m glad MA is doing its part to guarantee a safer planet for future generations. #climatescience #MApoli
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This seems like a positive development for America, frankly. https://twitter.com/MattGrossmann/status/1381922508325191686

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For @TheAtlantic, I wrote about how we’re facing a doom loop of minority rule by white conservatives and the next two years may be our last chance to avoid slipping into it forever. Our leaders must treat this as the crisis that it is and act with urgency. https://trib.al/X0NAofi

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1/ Today, we revealed a new banner at the compressor site that reads, "Out of Order". The compressor station is currently not operational, after Enbridge experienced it's third accident is just 8 months. #NoCompressor

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