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Legislators vote to defeat same-sex marriage ban (MA)
Boston.com ^ | 6/14/07 | Frank Phillips

Posted on 06/14/2007 10:28:31 AM PDT by GQuagmire

A joint session of the Legislature swiftly defeated a constitutional ban on gay marriage by a vote of 151 to 45, eliminating any chances of getting it on the ballot in November 2008

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda
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To: GQuagmire
All that’s left is the repercussions, which will be many!

Increase of the exodus out of MA. Increase in children being pulled from public schools. Increase in folks allowing their properties to go into foreclosure rather than sell them and help the MA economy. Increases in homes that don’t sell. Increase in disgruntled voters.

Decrease in tourism. Decrease in spending in MA. Decrease in revenue from conventions (empty convention centers) Decrease in businesses operating or opening in MA.

Lose/Lose situation! All the way around. Where socialism/communism reigns, the economy/standard of living decline rapidly.

21 posted on 06/14/2007 10:42:18 AM PDT by gidget7 (2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
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To: GQuagmire
If there are any,they will be reported to the US attorney(A Republican BTW).

All US Attorneys are Republicans.

22 posted on 06/14/2007 10:42:45 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: AU72

Just see how many of their relatives get appointed as judges or to no-show jobs at state agencies.


23 posted on 06/14/2007 10:42:52 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh
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To: GQuagmire

The House of Reprehensibles. The best Legislature that money can buy.


24 posted on 06/14/2007 10:43:32 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: rockabyebaby
Doesn’t have anything to do with Romney.....it’s the lowlifes in the legislature..........

Yes it does. If he had fought it tooth-and-nail, it need never have come to this. Mitt Romney is a phony. He did just enough to make it look like he was against this travesty, but in the end, gosh darn it, he just couldn't win. Right....

Flip Romney is no conservative. If you want a repeat of this debacle in Washington, vote for him.
25 posted on 06/14/2007 10:45:24 AM PDT by Antoninus (P!ss off an environmentalist wacko . . . have more kids.)
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To: GQuagmire

related story

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850186/posts


26 posted on 06/14/2007 10:45:25 AM PDT by i_dont_chat
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To: gidget7

The Knights of Columbus will be high on that list.


27 posted on 06/14/2007 10:45:55 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Argus
You can’t honestly believe these folks are voted into office. There is no state where enough people are irrational enough for that to occur. The seats are bought through corruption, intimidation, voter fraud and again corruption! We have all heard people say their votes do not count so they gave up trying. In MA, there is the very real possibility that that is true.
28 posted on 06/14/2007 10:46:44 AM PDT by gidget7 (2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
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To: HostileTerritory

You are right. What’s worse, he didn’t even help lobby these reps to hold firm to their previous votes. Thanks, Mitt.


29 posted on 06/14/2007 10:50:18 AM PDT by Andy'smom
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To: massgopguy

Oh I know massgop, and that is so sad! I have a brother who works for a huge company who had their convention in Boston, and has said no way ever again.


30 posted on 06/14/2007 10:51:38 AM PDT by gidget7 (2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
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To: GQuagmire

That ain’t the half of it boys and girls.It was set up if they DID NOT have the votes there would be no vote today.

If they had the votes. they WOULD vote today.As of last nite they didn’t have the votes.

So it would never come to a vote if they didn’t have the votes to win.
Typical Mass. ass politics.
This F’n state sucks.


31 posted on 06/14/2007 10:53:40 AM PDT by TShaunK
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To: Andy'smom
I agree Andy’smom. This will NOT help him win the Presidency. In fact in may very well hurt him. Not that I see that as a bad thing.
32 posted on 06/14/2007 10:55:20 AM PDT by gidget7 (2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
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To: GQuagmire

Just wow. The Democrats who claim to want everything decided by the voters and ballot, deny the citizens of Massachusetts a vote on this.

How freaking hypocritical - but typical - of the RAT party.


33 posted on 06/14/2007 11:05:35 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: Argus

Unfortunately if the federal courts decide to overturn the federal DOMA because of the full faith & credit clause of the U.S. Constitution (very good chance), we will all get what they force on us.


34 posted on 06/14/2007 11:08:31 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: VeniVidiVici

The leadership are Democrats, but there were Republicans who voted to keep this off the ballot. In fact, there are quite a few Dems who were real heroes in this fight.


35 posted on 06/14/2007 11:09:11 AM PDT by Andy'smom
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To: Andy'smom

I’m talking in particular of Patrick and the Democrat leaders strongarm tactics. Nothing will excuse this. They knew how many votes they needed and they did what they needed to to make sure it stayed off the ballot.

By saying Republicans voted to keep it off the ballot too doesn’t excuse the repulsive behavior by the Democrat hierarchy.


36 posted on 06/14/2007 11:15:04 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: VeniVidiVici
Just wow. The Democrats who claim to want everything decided by the voters and ballot, deny the citizens of Massachusetts a vote on this.

Just like they say they want states' rights when they are opposing the federal marriage amendment (which would have done nothing more than ban the judges from legislating and left the legislators free to do the worst they could think of with exception to using the word marriage so that the differences between different state laws could remain clear to all), but when the issue is argued in federal court, they claim the federal constitution demands approval of all things homosexual. Then they go even further and try to make being homosexual special with extra federal protections (ENDA and hate crimes legislation).

Just like they vote to ban PBA but are then outraged when the Supreme Court upholds the ban.

Back to marriage and states' rights, you can't really call something a state issue that reaps so many federal benefits anyway. And ever since Utah was forced to ban polygamy, the fundamental definition of marriage has always been a federal issue in this country. The Federal Marriage Amendment was a compromise that actually benefited homosexuals and retreated from our nation's history. I would have settled for that, but not the liberals. They want to squeeze it into the shadows of the existing constitution right alongside abortion and sodomy.

37 posted on 06/14/2007 11:25:23 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: All

This is from the Boston Herald:

“Among lawmakers who switched from previous support of the ban were state Reps. James Vallee (D-Franklin), Brian Wallace (D-South Boston), Richard Ross (R-Wrentham), Robert Nyman (D-Hanover) and Paul Loscocco (R-Holliston), among others. Senators who switched included Gale Candaras (D-Wilbraham)and state Sen. Michael Morrissey (D-Quincy).”

My Republican representative switched.


38 posted on 06/14/2007 11:26:18 AM PDT by Andy'smom
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To: andy58-in-nh
Just see how many of their relatives get appointed as judges or to no-show jobs at state agencies.

Hell for 1 vote Red Sox box seats for the next Yankees series will do the trick.

39 posted on 06/14/2007 11:43:26 AM PDT by AU72
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To: AU72
Hell for 1 vote Red Sox box seats for the next Yankees series will do the trick.

You may be right about that; they're getting cheaper to buy off these days. Reminds me of the old punch line about the Man about Town who propositions a Lady of the Evening. She accepts his advances, upon which he offers her only one dollar for her services. When she protests: "What kind of a girl do you think I am!?" he replies: "We've already established what you are, Miss; now were simply haggling over the price".

40 posted on 06/14/2007 12:02:32 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh
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