My position boils down to this: process matters.  Procedural rules, such as those set forth in Article 48 which governs initiative petitions, are designed not to favor particular substantive outcomes, but rather to ensure that everyone … [Read more...]

The joint session has voted 109-87 to adjourn until January 2, 2007, at 2 pm.  In theory, I suppose, there's no reason they couldn't still vote to advance the marriage question to the next session at that point, since the session … [Read more...]

Rep. Rushing has moved to adjourn the session to January, and has been seconded.  There will be no debate; the roll-call is ongoing now.UPDATE: A close vote in the Senate; Trav voted "no."  Now we wait for the House vote. … [Read more...]

Senator Joyce (D-Milton) is up.  This might be a long one, since he's starting with a historical overview.... Shorter than I thought.  Rep. Byron Rushing is up.... Rushing is talking at length -- expect someone to rise soon to ask … [Read more...]

After another interlude featuring two of the week's biggest losers, we return you to the still-ongoing marriage debate.Loscocco is still going, making perhaps the most tortured argument yet heard today.... Now we're taking one of these … [Read more...]

After a brief respite in which you have had the opportunity to consider Curt Schilling, beer, and a blogger party, here's an update on the marriage debate:It's still going.Marie Parente is up now urging the "let the people vote" … [Read more...]

Sen. Barrios (D-Cambridge) is up now.  He's first responding to Travis's claims that he put the first question (also known as question 19 -- the initiative petition is question 20) on the agenda in order to derail the debate.... And … [Read more...]