Attention MA Freepers! and all others concerned about Marriage! Urgent action alert!

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HOLDING SURPRISE PUBLIC HEARING ON BILL OF ADDRESS THIS TUESDAY !!! Very strange. No public notice given by committee, just an obscure posting on a State House bulletin board !! The sponsors of the bill weren't even notified. (Nothing on normal State House notification venues: official letters & email to reps, legislature's Web site.) Sleazy, disgusting tactic by committee chairmen to keep public from showing up & testifying for the Bill of Address. Is this what we elect our representatives to do?? Call these committee chairmen BEFORE TUESDAY and DEMAND that they STOP the sleaze. That this is serious. That they schedule a hearing with proper notice. At a time that’s convenient to working people (not public officials)! House Chairman: Rep. Eugene O'Flaherty (D-Chelsea) Office: 617-722-2396 Home: 617-889-5703 Email: Rep.GeneOFlaherty@hou.state.ma.us Senate Chairman: Sen. Robert Creedon (D-Brockton) Office: 617-722-1200 Home: 508-584-1975 Email: Robert.Creedon@state.ma.us

Current scheduled hearing at: Tuesday, April 12 1:00 PM State House, Room B-2 Boston, Massachusetts FRIDAY, APR. 8. The Bill of Address to Remove the Judges, along with two other bills that legally restore traditional marriage to Massachusetts, possibly the most earthshaking legislation in this session's agenda, appear to be purposely being buried from sight by the Joint Judiciary Committee. These bills must pass through the Joint Judiciary Committee before they can get to a full vote of the Legislature. In the Legislature, when committees such as Judiciary are considering a bill, a public hearing is scheduled for members of the public to be heard. Usually, several weeks notice is given. The sponsors and co-sponsors are notified by phone call, mail, and email, and in recent years the hearing dates have been posted on the State House Web site. But apparently not this time. This afternoon our office was doing a routine check of the State House Web site. Nothing about any public hearings. Just to make sure, we called the Judiciary Committee, and identified ourselves as Article 8. A secretary spoke to us and said, yes, there's a hearing next week. We asked what bills were being included. She said, "I don't know" We pressed her. "Constitutional issues," she said, and that we'd have to talk to someone else. We called back. After pressing the issue, we finally were told that our bills were being included. We were told that the information had been posted on a bulletin board outside the committee room (???) two days ago! We asked why it wasn't on the web site, or anywhere else. "I don't know," we were told. Needless to say, Rep. Emile Goguen, sponsor of all three bills, said that he is extremely upset that his office was given no notice of the public hearing. He had heard the news from us! Nor had any of the sponsors heard anything, we now know. This appears to be a deliberate attempt to subvert the public's knowledge of the hearing, and keep us from "bothering" them with our opinion, so they can quietly bury these bills. This is very hot stuff, exactly the kind of thing most Massachusetts legislators want to avoid at any cost. We saw last year, during the sham of a Constitutional Convention. We say: TOO BAD. We demand that our elected officials do the right thing. Call them up before Tuesday and let them know that a free government is important to you. But, if necessary, be prepared, if possible, to come to the State House on Tuesday afternoon! We'll keep you informed of all developments. NOTE: At this same hearing, the committee will be considering the homosexual lobby's bills to allow non-residents get legal Massachusetts same-sex "marriages" (and create havoc around the country) and to make same-sex "marriages" legal in statute (the opposite of what we're doing). However, the homosexual lobby has apparently been informed well in advance, and appears to have their people organized and mobilized to attend! Here are the three Article 8 bills before the committee (that they want to avoid):

THE THREE BILLS THAT WILL REMOVE THE JUDGES, REVERSE THE RULING, AND RESTORE TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE (AND SANITY) IN MASSACHUSETTS " Now before the Joint Judiciary Committee " 1. Bill of Address - removing the four judges who unconstitutionally changed the law The cornerstone of taking back our government is removing activist judges who illegally and fraudulently twist the law to impose their own social and political agendas on the people. Our Constitution, written by John Adams, was specifically designed with the "bill of address" to protect the people. We must use it. So it's been re-filed. Enacting the Bill of Address for this fraudulent ruling will be the official declaration that the ruling was unconstitutional and is null and void, and will keep a future court from repeating that ruling. Bill # H652. Sponsor: Rep. Emile Goguen. Co-sponsors: Rep. Edward Connolly, Rep. David Nangle, Rep. Marie Parente, Rep. Philip Travis. Resolved, That both houses of the legislature hereby request the governor by way of address, under the provisions of Article I Chapter III of Part the Second of the Constitution, to remove Margaret H. Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, from her office, to remove Roderick L. Ireland, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, from his office, to remove John M. Greaney, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, from his office, and to remove Judith A. Cowin, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, from her office.

2. Officially, in statute, defining marriage as one man and one woman As the Bill of Address recognizes that the SJC court decision was illegal, null and void, this law proceeds from there and clarifies once and for all what's been obvious for all of history (note that "civil unions" are also disallowed): Bill # 653. Sponsor: Rep. Emile Goguen. Co-sponsor: Rep. Philip Travis. AN ACT TO DEFINE MARRIAGE AS THE UNION OF ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: It being the public policy of this Commonwealth to protect the unique relationship of marriage in order to promote, among other goals, the stability and welfare of society and the best interests of children, only the union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Massachusetts. Any other relationship shall not be recognized as a marriage or its legal equivalent, nor shall it receive the benefits or incidents exclusive to marriage from the Commonwealth, its agencies, departments, authorities, commissions, offices, officials and political subdivisions. 3. Officially nullifying same-sex "marriages" Gov. Romney began authorizing same-sex "marriages" last May 17, even though no law was ever changed to allow that. Even the House of Representatives Legal Counsel, whom we consulted, agreed with that assessment. Thus, the following bill has been introduced : Bill # H654. Sponsor: Rep. Emile Goguen. AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE STATUS OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGES PERFORMED UNDER PUBLIC AUTHORITY IN MASSACHUSETTS SINCE MAY 17, 2004. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: It is hereby declared that all same-sex marriages performed under public authority in Massachusetts since May 17, 2004 are without statutory basis; and no marriage performed in Massachusetts will be considered legally binding which is not established by Massachusetts statute, not withstanding licensing through the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, or city or town clerk.

Take action today, what happens in MA, unlike Vegas, doesn't stay in MA, like a cancer it spreads! Help stop this assault on the good people of America! If you do not live near or in MA, you can still help to defeat the activists! Contact Article8.org, to help in other ways.

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