Get to the ConCon June 14! Get there early!
If you need a reason to come out June 14 and rally at the State House for the constitutional convention, MassEquality campaign director Marc Solomon has your rallying cry.
“It’s now or never. If this is important to you, we’ll see you at the State House. Call in sick, take a vacation day, whatever it takes. We need you there on Thursday,” said Solomon.
Lawmakers and marriage equality activists have given every indication that a second vote will be held June 14 on an amendment that would take away civil marriage rights from same-sex couples. The amendment passed at a Jan. 2 constitutional convention
(ConCon); if just 50 lawmakers vote for it during this legislative session, it will be put before voters on a statewide ballot in November, 2008.
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Patrick walks in gay pride parade, speaks against ballot question
BOSTON --Gov. Deval Patrick was greeted with boisterous cheers and "thank you" signs as he became the first sitting governor to march in Boston's gay pride parade Saturday, just days before an expected vote on a ballot question that could ban gay marriage.’ (Read
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A black church to host gay service
Event is a victory for advocates
The annual gay pride interfaith prayer service today will for the first time take place in a predominantly black church, highlighting an intensive effort by advocates of same-sex marriage to demonstrate support from theologically conservative wings of the religious community
The worship service, just five days before a Constitutional Convention at which the Legislature is scheduled to decide whether to put a repeal of same-sex marriage onto next year's ballot, is taking place at a church whose pastor is a member of the board of the Black Ministerial Alliance, an organization that has been among the most vocal opponents of same-sex marriage. (Read
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Focus on the Family laying groundwork for a ballot campaign in Massachusetts
In 2004, involvement by Focus on the Family, the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based evangelical Christian ministry and education center, was central to passage of 11 of the 13 marriage amendments on state ballots that year. One of the keys to the group’s strength is stealth. Much of the grassroots political organizing is run by state-based policy councils that are affiliated with Focus on the Family and much of their grassroots organizing, in turn, takes place in conservative evangelical churches — well outside the mainstream public eye...
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