Good As You: Massachusetts gay marriage Roundup
10/22/2009
Hey America: There is no Mass. public school scare!
In two states now, we have allowed the anti-gay side to use the Wirthlins, one of the two sets of parents (the Parkers being the other) who chose to take their family's personal, faith-based opposition to pro-gay children's books and...
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09/04/2009
Video: The sanctity of Rachel
Maddow -- 9/3/09 [MSNBC] (H/t: Towle)
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07/08/2009
MA AG wants DOMA to RIP
Move over, Ms. Stewart. Gay America just got another tough, Northeastern Martha to get behind: BOSTON – Today, Attorney General Martha Coakley filed a lawsuit in United States District Court (D. Mass.) challenging the constitutionality of Section 3 of the...
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05/26/2009
Lest we forget
MASSACHUSETTS MAINE VERMONT CONNECTICUT IOWA and soon, probably... NEW HAMPSHIRE (with NY, NJ, and others in the reasonable future) Prop 8 is a stumble for our side. But time's mere advancement is a crippling fatal blow for our opposition's! WontBackDown.org
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05/18/2009
Equality gives us wood
The traditional gift for a fifth anniversary is something made of wood. 5th anniversary of Mass. gay marriage [NENC] So what are giving Mass. gay couples? Well we're think that the wooden cross that's used as a bully club to...
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03/23/2009
Video: God, the Mass-destroying procrastinator
This man claims that God gave him this message on 2/29/2004: So why, five years later, is Massachusetts still quite intact? Well, in an exclusive to G-A-Y, God tells us that every time he musters up his Commonwealth-destorying fireball, he...
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03/03/2009
GLAD to see it go: MASSively awesome legal group gunning for flawed law
GLAD (the one with one 'a') will this morning hold a press conference wherein the Massachusetts-based LGBT legal eagles will lay out plans to challenge a portion of that dumb-a federal law known as DOMA. Here's more from the organization...
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02/04/2009
Been there, defended that
Reacting to the news that Hillary and Julie Goodridge, the couple whose names adorn the historic court case that won marriage equality in Massachusetts, are getting a divorce, Kris Mineau of the so-called Massachusetts Family Institute makes the following disgusting-yet-expected...
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12/23/2008
Green envy into green money: Jealous MA anti-gays look to CA for cash
According to Bay Windows, Massachusetts' Coalition For Marriage group will hold an 18-dollar-a-head fundraising dinner on January 10, at which the theme will be celebrating the "success" of California's Proposition 8: "The passage of Prop 8 in California was a...
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11/10/2008
A mandate against man dates: Emboldened anti-gays vow for more hurt
Think the anti-gays are content with simply tarnishing California's progressive legacy? Well think again. This from The Boston Herald: The success of a measure to ban gay marriage in California has inspired local opponents to consider mounting another signature drive...
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08/27/2008
Despite gays' 'assaults,' Mass Dems live to share marriage tale
So this is pretty cool: During the roll call of the states during today's presidential nominating process, Massachusetts' Dem delegation (led by Sen. Therese Murray) made a point of mentioning that the Bay State was the first in the nation...
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08/26/2008
MASSively annoying: Anti-progress progresses in Bay State
And now in "Geez, can't they leave that poor dead horse alone?" news: Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has approved paperwork that had been filed by the radically anti-gay Massresistance group. And what does the paperwork entail, you ask? Well,...
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08/20/2008
Referendumb: MR explains flawed and fruitless endeavor
On Friday, we briefly told you about the radically anti-gay MassResistance group's plans to challenge the recent legislative move that opened the door to out-of-state gays wishing to marry in the Bay State. Well now MR has more fully detailed...
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08/15/2008
Can't they let bygone laws be bygone laws?
Not willing to sit by and let loving, monogamous, tax-paying couples from around the country enter into a civil contract with themselves and their government, the MassResistance organization, an SPLC-certified "hate group," is now trying to reverse the recent repeal...
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08/01/2008
Yea Tony? That's how he put it? Really? Gee, if only there was a way we could see the original article...
"Opponents of same-sex marriage say that as couples return home with marriage licenses, it will impose Massachusetts' liberal values on unwilling states." The above is a quote from the Boston Globe. It doesn't take a great scholar to realize that...
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07/31/2008
Audio: You can almost hear the sound of a thrown-in towel
Gov. Patrick just signed into law a repeal of the 1913 law that has prevented out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying in Massachusetts. But never ones to go quietly into that pro-rights night, the Concerned Women For America are still brainstorming...
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MASSively awesome
Good news for those non-resident same-sex couples who plan to marry in Massachusetts now that the out-of-state ban is being lifted. Due to extra action from the state House, the usual 90-day waiting period between a bill being signed and...
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07/29/2008
People in Mass Houses to throw stones (at needless law)?
According to several sources, today will be the day that the Massachusetts House finally debates and votes on repealing the antiquated 1913 law that has, up until now, been used to prevent out-of-state gays from marrying in the Bay State:...
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07/17/2008
Tony Perkins has priorities firmly in order
For a piece that he (or his ghostwriter) has written on the Massachusetts' Senate's vote to repeal the 1913 law that's prevented out-of-state gay from marrying in the Bay State, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins has decided the following...
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07/10/2008
MA: Is 95-year-old law entering its final days?
You know that antiquated Massachusetts law that keeps out-of-state gays from marrying in the Bay State? The one that's kept Massachusetts from becoming the "Vegas of gay marriage" (as the social conservative sometimes like to say)? The one that was...
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06/15/2007
So wait, did the judges elect the lawmakers too?
Matt Barber weighs in on the Massachusetts victory: “After the Massachusetts Supreme Court — through judicial fiat — miraculously divined that the framers of the state constitution really intended that Patrick Henry could marry Henry Patrick, many in Massachusetts —...
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To change the future, gays will travel 94 years to the past
What's next for Massachusetts gay activists now that localized gay marriage has been defended? Well, ridding the state of that ugly, outdated 1913 law that prevents out-of-state couples from getting hitched in the Commonwealth, natch: Next battle ready for Mass....
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Hey Tony: The 'banners' don't own the banner!!
Here is how the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins reacted to the Massachusetts vote (highlighting our own): More than 200 years ago, the Second Continental Congress resolved that one flag would represent America to the world. It ordered that "the...
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They the people: FOF gets Wite-Out happy
This is the image that Focus on the Family is using to highlight their coverage of yesterday's Massachusetts decision: Okay, well, first of all -- It's not really an accurate photo, as the Massachusetts state constitution's preamble doesn't being with...
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Video: Gathering en masse in Mass
Here are just some brief clips to highlight yesterday's debate and celebration in Massachusetts:
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MR photo album: Pictures worth 1,000 castigating words
So the almost unbelievably gay-unfriendly folks at MassResistance have posted some photos from yesterday's FANTASTIC MARRIAGE VICTORY in the Bay State. We have chosen to highlight two of them. (1) So this man's sign says, "All you need is love...
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06/14/2007
MASS MARRIAGE BAN KILLED!!!!!
Vote at Mass ConCon: 117 Nay -- 40 Yea (still confirming the numbers). MARRIAGE BAN IS KILLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *UPDATE: Final vote breakdown was actually 151-45. **UPDATE2: National groups and leaders weigh in: HRC Press Release: MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE DEFEATS DISCRIMINATORY ANTI-MARRIAGE AMENDMENT...
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Mass: Kill gay marriage ban, rip out God's heart
Here is Mona Passignano, state issues analyst for Focus on the Family, speaking about the vote on a proposed gay marriage ban that's scheduled to be held today in Massachusetts: "The opposition has decided to use their considerable power and...
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Pain in the Mass: Marriaqe ban to be discussed yet again
Today in Massachusetts, lawmakers will gather in a Constitutional Convention to once again debate whether a proposed gay marriage ban will reach to the 2008 ballot. And happily, thanks to the intense lobbying of folks like Gov. Deval Patrick, it...
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06/08/2007
Deval devalues biased measure
Reports coming out of Massachusetts suggest that if he doesn't think there are enough votes to kill a proposed amendment banning gay marriage, then fair and decent Gov. Deval Patrick may try to postpone next week's scheduled ConCon vote on...
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05/18/2007
Perkins gets to bottom of Massachussetts' bigtop
Here's the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins on the state of gay marriage in Massachusetts: The people of Massachusetts are having a “Deval” of a time on marriage. Governor Deval Patrick, to be exact. Since taking office, Patrick’s been a...
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05/17/2007
Because chocolates and cards are so pedestrian
Well, for its first anniversary, we commemorated Massachusetts gay marriage like so: In year two, we did this: So how to commemorate this, the third anniversary of Bay State gay nups? Well, the third is traditionally the "leather anniversary," so:...
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05/09/2007
Mass ConCon to meet, not vote on proposed historical blight
Today in a Massachusetts, a Constitutional Convention (joint session of the Senate and House) will be held, where a proposed ban on the currently legal practice of same-sex marriage will once again be brought to intolerant light. Because we've missed...
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04/18/2007
Video: John Hancock collector exposes employer's Poppycock
Angela McElroy, the whistle blower who exposed the petition fraud employed by the anti-gay Massachusetts group Vote On Marriage, testified at a state Judiciary Committee hearing last week. Here is the video of that testimony: Shady. For more on this...
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04/05/2007
Romney CoMitts himself to same ol' bullMitt
In light of the news that his successor has ordered 26 out-of-state same-sex marriages to be recognized, former Massachusetts governor and current GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has once again voiced support for a federal marriage amendment. He said in...
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02/21/2007
Lynch paves Rhode for same-sex marriage recognition?
Rhode Island's Attorney General, Patrick Lynch (pic.), has issued a legal opinion stating that ”Rhode Island will recognize same sex marriages lawfully performed in Massachusetts as marriages in Rhode Island." And even though the opinion is non-binding, it is expected...
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01/04/2007
Video: Half-speed celebration of half-baked ideas
What's creepier than seeing people celebrate the progression of a mean-spirited, discriminatory amendment? Well, seeing people celebrate the progression of a mean-spirited, discriminatory amendment in slow motion: Yes, those were Massachusetts anti-gay marriage advocates responding to the news that they...
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Video: Half-speed celebration of half-baked ideas
What's creepier than seeing people celebrate the progression of a mean-spirited, discriminatory amendment? Well, seeing people celebrate the progression of a mean-spirited, discriminatory amendment in slow motion: Yes, those were Massachusetts anti-gay marriage advocates responding to the news that they...
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Funny, we thought 'political football' was their game
Speaking about this week's progression of an anti-gay marriage amendment through the Massachusetts legislature, Kris Mineau of VoteOnMariage.org says to Focus on the Family's CitizenLink: "The battle is far from over, but we're halfway there," he said. "It's like in...
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01/03/2007
Don't put your dancing shoes on yet, Mr. C
Speaking to WorldNetDaily about yesterday's vote to advance an amendment banning same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, Brian Camenker of MassResistance says: "The gays certainly acted as if they lost," Camenker told WND. "This took everybody by surprise. I don't think there...
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01/02/2007
Blight on historical remembrance advances in Mass
According to Bay Windows' live blog of the Massachusetts ConCon, our opposition has received the 50 votes necessary to advance a proposed amendment to ban same-sex marriage through the legislature. And in a related story, we must now go vomit......
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MA lawmakers to consider our opposition's biased bullsh*t
In the last day of their legislative session, the Massachusetts legislature will today consider a constitutional amendment to ban the state's currently legal practice of gay marriage. In a related story, people everywhere will today try their damnedest to write...
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12/27/2006
Ruling: Mass high court to let lawmakers think for selves
Shooting down our opposition's attempts for now, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that they do not have the authority to force the legislature to vote on a constitutional amendment banning the state's currently legal practice of gay marriage....
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12/12/2006
VoteonMarriage.org to SueinCourt.soon
VoteOnMarriage.org, a group seeking an amendment to ban Massachusetts' currently legal practice of gay marriage, has announced that they'll file a lawsuit against the 109 state legislators who voted to recess last month without acting on a proposal to place...
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11/30/2006
Unsurprising yet still annoying development: All seven justices to decide on Mass. marriage vote
Judith Cowin (pic.), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice who earlier today heard arguments on whether or not the high court should force a state vote on gay marriage, has decided that the full seven-member panel should join her in...
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10/18/2006
Want our respect? Then take the position deserving of it
In a column in which he encourages that the legality of Massachusetts gay marriages be put to the state's voters, Boston Herald columnist Joe Fitzgerald says today: It’s so much easier to follow the crowd, wherever it’s going, than it...
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10/16/2006
Romney: This 'marriage is all about children' thing seems to be working, so I'll go with that
Well, the anti-gay "Liberty Sunday" soiree was held last night, and it seems to have been just as queer-demonizing as anticipated. The money words from the night seem to have come from Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who the AP covers...
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10/03/2006
Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something to blow up a precious institution
Speaking to conservative news source Cybercast News Service, Matt Daniels, president of so-called Alliance for Marriage, says of the recent Massachusetts Superior Court ruling that allows Rhode Island gay couples to marry in the Bay State: "The forces behind the...
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10/02/2006
Headline that will delight many progressives until they realize there are multiple meaings of the second word: Romney's resigned
Telling the Boston Globe,``I have to follow the law"..."This is a nation of laws, even if I don't like them," Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has reluctantly indicated that he won't challenge Friday's Superior Court ruling saying that Rhode Island gay...
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09/29/2006
'Rhode' to marriage: RI couples can marry in Mass
In what could be a precedent-setting case, a Superior Court Judge ruled today that Wendy Becker and Mary Norton, a lesbian couple from Rhode Island, can legally marry in Massachusetts. Even though antiquated Massachusetts law prevents out-of-state gay couples from...
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