Even though not voting violated their oaths of office, said the SJC, the only punishment could come at the ballot box. I think we've proven to legislators time and again, that voting for marriage will not harm them. It was purely pressure … [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...]
How POTUS Candidates should handle the Marriage Q
Angie Paccione ran against Republican incumbent [and author of the discriminatory federal marriage amendment] Marilyn Musgrave (CO) in the Nov. 2006 congressional elections. Angie lost by 3 points. Given her very firm … [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...]
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...]
Don’t just volunteer for the pro-amendment reps. opponent, be the opponent.
I'm seriously considering running against my current rep. in the next election. I know that it's a huge step and requires a lot of financial support, but I just saw it done when I was living in Somerville, and I know it could happen here … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick on what happened today
From Deval central:"I am disappointed by today's vote in the Constitutional Convention. We have never used the initiative petition to limit individual freedoms and personal privacy, but today's vote was a regrettable step in that … [Read more...]
A truly revolting display
The results are in: the legislature took a vote on the merits of the anti-marriage amendment, and advanced it to the 2007-08 session, but did not do so on the health care amendment, so it died on the vine. So they have -- no question … [Read more...]
New ConCon thread: debate continues on other amendments
Let's move to this thread, since the size of the previous live-blog thread is slowing down BMG.They have now started debate on a motion to discharge the health care amendment from committee, which is a necessary precursor to voting on … [Read more...]
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