Big HT to sco, who notes a potential opportunity to move a marriage amendment vote from "yes" to "no."Several of the local papers in state Senator Bob Hedlund's (R-Weymouth) district including Hingham, Norwell, Cohasset, and Scituate … [Read more...]
MassEquality public meetings
MassEquality is doing a very smart thing: they're holding a series of community meetings to talk about marriage equality. From the announcement:These forums are a great opportunity for you, your family members and friends to meet with … [Read more...]
Our first step toward a civil dialogue with the anti-marriage crowd
Kris Mineau, president of the Mass. Family Institute, says he wants to ratchet down the "tone and rhetoric" and "raise the quality of the dialogue" on the marriage issue.Sounds like a good idea -- and we at BMG, of course, are all about … [Read more...]
Demand debate time from Sen. Travaglini
[David requested that I re-post this comment in a diary. Happy to oblige.]This is something everyone can agree on, regardless of "process" philosophy.DEMAND DEBATE TIME FROM SEN TRAVAGLINIOne of the most onerous aspects of the past … [Read more...]
“Where’s the outrage?”
Mike at Marry in Massachusetts has been giving it to us "process liberals" (ugh) with both barrels lately. In fact, he's so angry, he's moderated at least one of my comments into the circular file. Nice. [Update: Mike claims Blogger ate it. … [Read more...]
Editorial: Hypocrisy on Beacon Hill
Thus, in a move that went all but unnoticed - the reporters and TV crews had apparently all left the building after the marriage amendment advanced - the health care amendment was killed. The amendment, which would establish a general state … [Read more...]
Know Thy Neighbor, Know Thy Enemy
Look, I'm a straight equal marriage supporter of the "Kill it any way, anyhow" mindset. I'm with you on this. And I'm not going anywhere. But in addition to the above, here's a few things that I sincerely hope you'll consider:1) This may go … [Read more...]
An excellent letter to Rep. Donato
A reader who lives in Malden passed along an excellent letter he sent to his state representative, Hall of Shame member Paul Donato (D-Medford), and gave me permission to publish it. Here it is.January 3, 2007Hon. Paul J. DonatoRoom … [Read more...]
ConCon hall of shame
From the excellent tallies prepared by SK-Jim, here is the list of legislators who did everything wrong yesterday: voted YES on the anti-marriage amendment, and voted NO on discharging the health care amendment from committee, thereby both … [Read more...]
A Government of Laws and Not Men and [Women]
By deciding to vote on one initiative petition - the gay marriage ban - but not the other - health care - less than a week after the SJC issued a unanimous opinion saying the Legislature must vote up or down on the merits of every … [Read more...]
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