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Interesting news re marriage from Senator Hedlund’s district

January 22, 2007 By David

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...]

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MassEquality public meetings

January 17, 2007 By David

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...]

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Our first step toward a civil dialogue with the anti-marriage crowd

January 11, 2007 By David

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...]

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Demand debate time from Sen. Travaglini

January 8, 2007 By Laurel

[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...]

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“Where’s the outrage?”

January 7, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

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...]

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Editorial: Hypocrisy on Beacon Hill

January 4, 2007 By michael-carr

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...]

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Know Thy Neighbor, Know Thy Enemy

January 3, 2007 By rollbiz

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...]

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An excellent letter to Rep. Donato

January 3, 2007 By David

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...]

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ConCon hall of shame

January 3, 2007 By David

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...]

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A Government of Laws and Not Men and [Women]

January 3, 2007 By bwroop0323

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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