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Massachusetts Needs an Experienced, Professional AG

October 21, 2013 By maurahealey 12 Comments

This morning, I launched my campaign for Massachusetts Attorney General. I’m the first announced candidate in the race and a first-time candidate so I know I have my work cut out for me over the next 13 months. But the conversation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: attorney-general, campaign, consumer-protection, doma, energy, equal-rights, experience, grassroots, health-care, marriage-equality, martha-coakley, Maura Healey

New Jersey Marriage Equality Advocates Are Heading Back to Court

July 1, 2013 By Laurel 2 Comments

Advocates for same-sex marriage in New Jersey are heading back to court on Wednesday in an effort to invalidate New Jersey's discriminatory heterosexuals-only marriage law. New Jersey doesn't allow same-sex couples to marry, but rather … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: doma, marriage-equality, new-jersey

MassEquality Nowhere Near Done

April 16, 2013 By massmarrier 2 Comments

No, we're not all set here in Massachusetts on LGBTQ issues, including marriage equality. A decade after Goodridge, MassEquality's Executive Director, Kara Suffredini, is still working a set of big bills. She came on over at Left Ahead … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: doma, lbgt, left-ahead, LGBTQ, marriage-equality, massachusetts, massequality, obama, public accommodations, same-sex-marriage, seniors, suffredini, youth

Republican Senatorial Candidates From Massachusetts Debate DOMA

March 28, 2013 By Laurel Leave a Comment

The three Massachusetts Republicans vying for the Bay State's open U.S. Senate seat held their first debate on Wednesday night. Candidates Mike Sullivan, Dan Winslow and Gabriel Gomez were asked to give their views on two marriage-related … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dan-winslow, doma, enda, Gabriel Gomez, marriage-equality, massachusetts, mike-sullivan, republicans

Scott Brown Supports DOMA But Won’t Admit It

February 18, 2012 By Laurel 2 Comments

Recently my family participated in Credo Mobile's campaign "Tell Congress: Fight to pass the Respect for Marriage Act and repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act". In response, we received the following letter from Senator … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: doma, Elizabeth Warren, lgbt, scott-brown

Mitt Romney Insults a Vietnam Veteran with his Heterosexist Assumptions

December 12, 2011 By Laurel 25 Comments

At a campaign stop at a diner in New Hampshire, presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a bee-line towards a man wearing a Vietnam Veteran cap and "sidled up next to him". Although gays have always served in the military, apparently it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dadt, doma, lgbt, mitt-romney, veterans

Obama drops defense of DOMA in NY and CT cases

February 23, 2011 By David 18 Comments

The Obama administration has announced that it will refuse to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in lawsuits filed in Connecticut and New York. Why now, rather than previously?  Here's DOJ's explanation: In the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: doma, obama

View on DADT from MassEquality

December 21, 2010 By massmarrier 3 Comments

Marriage equality advocates would like to think the DADT repeal would foreshadow one for the Defense of Marriage ACT (DOMA). While Suffredini sees who can serve in the military and who can marry as closely linked in this issue and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, dadt, doma, leftahead, massequality, military, obama, podcast, suffredini

On Asking Experts, Part One, Or, Do Democrats Really Understand Their LBGT Problem?

October 21, 2010 By fake-consultant 9 Comments

"We were liberated not only empty-handed but left in the power of a people who resented our emancipation as an act of unjust punishment to them. They were therefore armed with a motive for doing everything in their power to render our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bilerico, congress, dadt, democrats, doma, election-10, enda, gay-inc., lbgt, national, obama, politics

Prop 8 Preview: The “Basis” Is The Thing

August 4, 2010 By fake-consultant 5 Comments

We have a long discussion available, here and here, that explains exactly what happened in Massachusetts a few weeks ago, but the short version is something like this: a series of Plaintiffs, including private persons and the State of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: constitutional-law, doma, rational-basis, strict-scrutiny

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jimaloisi Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi ·
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This story of obfuscation & political interference points to the failure of #mapoli’s approach to MBTA governance. The T should not be governed by the Executive branch; a different more inclusive approach is needed to restore quality & confidence. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/06/metro/three-t-derailments-three-days-lots-questions-curious-delay/

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pirate5911 Pirate59 @pirate5911 ·
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Now we need @POTUS @VP @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer to resign. šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘#mapoli @MSNBC

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mysteriousrook Ed Lyons @mysteriousrook ·
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My goodness, Boston Globe. It was a tool cart. You even called it a "relatively unserious mishap" but then gave it the Watergate tick-tock treatment. and wrote "Three Derailments in Three Day" and put it on the front page.

It was a tool cart. #mapoli
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/06/metro/three-t-derailments-three-days-lots-questions-curious-delay/

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rhamenator Griffin @rhamenator ·
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Police: July 4th mass shooting by two illegal aliens thwarted in Virginia's capital - The Washington Post #BidenBorderCrisis #mapoli #nhpolitcs #Driverslicensesfornoncitizens #Democrats https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/police-july-4-mass-shooting-thwarted-in-virginias-capital/2022/07/06/641fa1fa-fd3a-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html

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rwwatchma Trump's election fraud hoax undermines democracy @rwwatchma ·
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Dozen's of senior cabinet members resigned yesterday. PM Boris Johnson lost the confidence of his own team.

The threat of DOJ doing the same thing made Trump re-think his plan to overturn the election #mapoli #nhpolitics

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legislataapp Legislata @legislataapp ·
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Tweet summary for MA State House for 2022-07-06: 204 tweets from 52 legislators. Top words: women, support, massachusetts, public, care, abortion, families, time, community, free. #mapoli

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