Posted on 06/15/2005 6:57:04 AM PDT by worldclass
Opponents of same-sex marriage will announce tomorrow an initiative petition to put a constitutional amendment on the statewide ballot in 2008 that would ban such marriages, lawmakers and activists involved said yesterday.
Activists and strategists familiar with the effort to ban same-sex marriage, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they believe their proposed amendment would have a better chance of winning approval because it contains simpler language that defines marriage as between one man and one woman, without mentioning civil unions.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Last chance for the RINO to to undergo a species-change operation.
"Ronald A. Crews, former head of the Massachusetts Family Institute and a leader among opponents of same-sex marriage, told the Globe in May that he believed his coalition could succeed in getting the support necessary to pass a ballot question."
Frankly, I am not sure I am for this. House bill #653, which was converted to an amendment, covers this. Let's see how that plays out in the fall.
Homosexual Agenda Ping.
News from Massachusetts (motto: "Gay Marriage, a Weapon of MASS Destruction") regarding same sex marriage. Some discussion of ways and means by those who live there.
I'd like to see a referendum - what do the actual people who actually live there think?
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H651 is a ban on partial-birth abortions. H652 is to remove the 4 activist judges and H653 is the constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman. So, if the legislature (needs a majority) goes with H653 at the next Constitutional Convention (Fall of 2005) and again in 2006, then it can go on the ballot in 2007.
The nice thing about this citizen-driven amendment is that we will only need 25% of the solons...I mean legislators to go along with it.
You are 110% correct when you say that the problem lies with the legislature (and the voters who keep re-electing them) but someone, somewhere needs to do something.
At least with this signature drive, we can get the topic out there and out of the lifestyle pages of the all-gay all-the-time Boston Globe...
One thing I've never understood about the Bill of Address is, after we get these 4 judges recalled/thrown off the bench, then what? That, in and of itself doesn't get rid of gay marriage? So the Bill of Address is needed and one of these other laws, eh? The Bill of Address is primarily needed to teach activist judges (current and future) that their antics won't be tolerated?
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