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Poll: Majority of Mass. residents oppose legalizing gay marriage
Boston Globe ^
| 2/21/04
| Frank Phillips
Posted on 02/22/2004 12:32:27 AM PST by I_Love_My_Husband
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:11:41 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A majority of Massachusetts residents said they oppose legalizing gay marriage, a significant increase since the state's highest court ruled three months ago that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry, according to a new Boston Globe poll.
The poll also found that an overwhelming majority of those surveyed wanted the voters, not the courts or the Legislature, to define marriage in Massachusetts, through a statewide ballot question to amend the constitution. And it indicated significant support for civil unions.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: california; civilunion; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; marriage; massachussettes; poll; prisoners; samesexmarriage
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To: little jeremiah
Well, here it is ...the backlash. In the People's Republic of Massachussettes, of all things.
Good!
Yay!
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posted on
02/22/2004 12:33:27 AM PST
by
I_Love_My_Husband
(Borders, Language, Culture, Straights - now more than ever)
To: I_Love_My_Husband
Please forgive my pessimism if it seems untoward, but it seems to me that the Will of The People no longer matter to those behind the judicial tyranny we are now fighting.
I'm beginning to think that the judiciary should no longer have the final say in any matter. It has become drunk with power...and it is damaging the very society it *was* sworn to protect.
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posted on
02/22/2004 12:40:03 AM PST
by
Prime Choice
(I'm pro-choice. I just think the "choice" should be made *before* having sex.)
To: I_Love_My_Husband
It doesn't matter what the people think. We're serfs you know.
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posted on
02/22/2004 12:40:13 AM PST
by
jwh_Denver
(The more headlights a tailgater has on is directly related to how close they get.)
To: Prime Choice
True. But, still this is hopeful :)
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posted on
02/22/2004 12:40:43 AM PST
by
I_Love_My_Husband
(Borders, Language, Culture, Straights - now more than ever)
To: I_Love_My_Husband
Hope is always a good thing. I'll sign up for that. : )
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posted on
02/22/2004 12:49:16 AM PST
by
Prime Choice
(I'm pro-choice. I just think the "choice" should be made *before* having sex.)
To: I_Love_My_Husband
The poll also found that an overwhelming majority of those surveyed wanted the voters, not the courts or the Legislature, to define marriage in Massachusetts, through a statewide ballot question to amend the constitution. And it indicated significant support for civil unions. It's nice to see that the people from Massachusetts are starting to wake up to what the courts are doing .. but at the same time they fail to take responsibility for voting these activists legislatures and judges into the positions they are in now.
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posted on
02/22/2004 12:50:13 AM PST
by
Mo1
(" Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?")
To: I_Love_My_Husband
Is gay marriage a weapon of Mass. destruction?
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posted on
02/22/2004 12:52:37 AM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: Paleo Conservative
We can only hope. ROFLOL!
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posted on
02/22/2004 12:56:15 AM PST
by
kcvl
To: I_Love_My_Husband
The boston globe is making a lateral attack!
They are trying to say most oppose but so what. They are trying to say this is not a deal breaker election issue.
I have news for the Globe.
THIS ISSUE IS A DEAL BREAKER.
Support homosexual marriage and LOSE VOTES!
To: longtermmemmory; I_Love_My_Husband
The boston globe is making a lateral attack!Hell the Wall Street Journal had editorials about "gay marriage" back in the fall of 1988 when Dukaka was running for President. Several editorials some by guest writers talked about potential Dukaka appointments to SCOTUS. They said both Susan Estrich (Dukaka's campaign manager) and Laurence Tribe both supported the right of homosexuals to marry each other based on tht 14th amendment. I had never even heard of the concept prior to reading those editorials. For that matter nobody talked about it till the Clinton administration.
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posted on
02/22/2004 1:19:25 AM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: Paleo Conservative
Quote of the day
To: I_Love_My_Husband
More Boston Globe propaganda. No one expects news from the Boston Globe anymore.
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posted on
02/22/2004 3:13:23 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: I_Love_My_Husband
These poll fluctuations just point out that a federal constitutional ammendment is absolutely the *wrong* solution.
To: newzjunkey
Reread the article and it does not support your conclusion.
[e.g. those polled (friends of the Boston Globe admittedly) say it does NOT belong in the courts.]
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posted on
02/22/2004 4:09:58 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: I_Love_My_Husband
A majority of Massachusetts residents said they oppose legalizing gay marriage...But the Robed Masters care little about what the commoners want. THEIR will, not the people's will, is what matters.
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posted on
02/22/2004 5:58:30 AM PST
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
To: I_Love_My_Husband
the survey of 400 adults has a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage points.Fairly useless poll. If it was 400 registered voters...
BTW, if this ever does come to a vote in Mass, you can bet your sweet patootie that every gay, lesbian, transgendered, transfatty acid, whatever, who can crawl will go to the polls. The opposition needs to be just as dedicated and thorough, and now they seem to be split 3 or 4 ways. Not good...
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posted on
02/22/2004 9:10:50 AM PST
by
WarEagle
To: *Homosexual Agenda; EdReform; scripter; GrandMoM; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; ...
Homosexual Agenda Ping -
The traditional song again comes to my lips -
Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyaaah Nyah!
If anyone wants on or off this ping list, let me know!
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posted on
02/22/2004 9:43:16 AM PST
by
little jeremiah
(everyone is entitled to their opinion, but everyone isn't entitled to be right.)
To: Paleo Conservative
Is gay marriage a weapon of Mass. destruction?ROTFLMYAO!!!
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posted on
02/22/2004 9:44:24 AM PST
by
little jeremiah
(everyone is entitled to their opinion, but everyone isn't entitled to be right.)
To: little jeremiah
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posted on
02/22/2004 9:53:05 AM PST
by
EdReform
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