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Supreme Court: The Spirit of Massachusetts *IS* the Spirit of America

June 29, 2015 By brian 2 Comments

Both the Supreme Court's decisions to approve ObamaCare tax credits and the rejection of state laws banning same-sex marriage take ideas that were first implemented in Massachusetts and make it national law. So now it's official: The Spirit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Massachusett, massachusetts health care reform, obamacare, same-sex-marriage, supreme-court

Fox News On June 26th, 2015, Oh How Odd It All Seems

June 26, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

One can only scratch one's head when it comes to the incredulous nature of the Fox News Network. On a day as momentous, after a week as momentous as this, the O'Rielly Factor's nightly feature is on global terror, completely ignoring … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fox-news, O'Rielly Factor, same-sex-marriage, scotus

The SCOTUS Decisions Hammer Conservative Movement

June 26, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti 9 Comments

The Court this week has delivered a series of devastating blows to America’s conservative movement with their second decision affirming the constitutionality of Obamacare, today’s decision on same sex marriage along with another decision on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: conservative movement, gay-rights, obamacare, same-sex-marriage, scotus

GLAD’s Head Talks Marriage News

October 14, 2014 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

It's hard to avoid the word play that GLAD is glad. Today's Left Ahead show with Gary Buseck was pretty jolly. He is the legal director and interim executive director of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders. Looking at the huge, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Buseck, circuit courts, gay-marriage, ginsburg, glad, lgbt, massachusetts, same-sex-marriage, scotus, supreme-court, supreme-judicial-court, utah

Tea Party’s Fisher Would Be MA Gov.

March 18, 2014 By massmarrier 2 Comments

Small business owner, erstwhile unemployed guy, and self-identified MA Tea Party Republican Mark Fisher wants to be governor here. He spoke with me today about his vision of what government should and should not be about. On his campaign … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2014-election, elections, governor, health-care, income-tax, ma-gop, Mark Fisher, marriage-equality, massachusetts, sales-tax, same-sex-marriage, taxes, tea-party, turnpike

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

The G.O.P. and a Platform Built for the Past‏

September 12, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

To hear the pundits and political professionals talk about it, this election is all about turning out a party’s base. That’s because there are few if any undecided voters left and the only undecided voters that count are the ones residing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-elections, abortion, barack-obama, civil-rights, conservatives, education, gay-rights, guns, health-care, labor-unions, mitt-romney, presidential-politics, Republican 2012 Platform, same-sex-marriage, taxes, voting-rights

Marriage-Equality Crusader Upbeat

March 12, 2012 By massmarrier 17 Comments

One marriage-equality crusader tired of liberals' ain't-it-awful chant joined us today on Left Ahead. The Rev. John Buehrens was the first straight on Freedom to Marry's board and has served on it for nine years. He is relentlessly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Buehrens, democrats, freedom-to-marry, gay-marriage, left-ahead, marriage-equality, maryland, republicans, same-sex-marriage

On Saving Us From The Immoral, Or “Ready, Fire…Aim!”

August 19, 2010 By fake-consultant 5 Comments

There are those who seem surprised that a defective rattrap like the Mulford law could be endorsed by the legislature of a supposedly progressive, enlightened state. But these same people were surprised when [California's] Proposition 14, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: christianity, gblt, history, law-and-lawyers, lbgt, politics, prop-8, religion, same-sex-marriage, tolerance

On A Pair Of Victories, Part Two, Or, DOMA Ruled Unconstitutionally Irrational

July 12, 2010 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

In the companion case, Massachusetts v HHS, the Plaintiff was the State of Massachusetts, who alleged, convincingly, that the DOMA definition of "spouse" was forcing the State to illegally discriminate against its own citizens. Today's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civil-rights, constitutional-law, doma, gill-v-opm, lbgt, marriage-equality, massachusetts, same-sex-marriage

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

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“Utter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

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Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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