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Hi Friends,
First
things First:
THANK
YOU TALLESSYN! Thank you for writing to the Patriot Ledger with
your inspiring Letter
to the Editor!
and...
RIGHT
ON JOE! CALLING OUT SENATOR BROWN FOR WHAT HE IS, and calling on
him to RESIGN in your Letter
to the Editor!
I've been
watching the situation here in MA and see that there really isn't a
whole lot going on right now. This is VERY MUCH A CONCERN as
the second Constitutional Convention to vote on the marriage amendment
could come as early as next week!
Our opposition
knows that it is the legislators from South Shore of Boston and the Worcester
areas of our state that are our hope for ending this battle once and for
all. They are bombarding legislators like my own, here in Quincy
(Senator Morrissey, and Reps Ayers, and Tobin with letters and phone
calls... WE NEED TO DO THE SAME. Please write and call the
offices your legislators this coming week... Thanks them if they
voted for us, or ask them why they feel the merits of this citizen
petition are fair and good for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
If you have
comments/feedback that I should include next week, please feel
free to use the feedback link to the left.
MASS
ANTI-GAY EDITORIAL, BULK MAILINGS:
InNews Weekly has reported that our opposition has organized a system
to blast mass amounts of editorial letters to every local news
organization possible. The letters are all templates, repeating
the same information, then signed by registered members of anti-gay
organizations. The letters are mailed, faxed and emailed
to ensure they reach all the news publications. I was actually
interviewed by InNews Weekly on the topic of letters to the editor and
added to this story... Unfortunately I was mislead on what the
main story would be about, and then even WORSE, I was misquoted as
supporting the "template idea" when what I was actually
saying was that I often provide for friends, bullets of information
and commonly ignored facts to use in letters. We need to
maintain a constant flow of positive letters to the press, PLEASE KEEP
WRITING! (Read
More)
Decisions,
decisions. MassEquality has a tough one to make in the special
election to replace marriage equality supporter James Leary, who
resigned his 14th Worcester District House seat to take a post as Lt.
Gov. Tim Murray's chief of staff. The March 20 Democratic primary
includes four candidates: Jim O'Day, a social worker and regional vice
president for the Service Employees Union Local 509; three-term
Worcester City Councilor Philip Palmieri, Paul Shea, a local business
owner and Tammy Vescera, a Worcester School Department employee.
(Read
More)
Lexington
schools challenge anti-gay suit
Officials
from Lexington Massachusetts school district asked a federal judge
Wednesday, Feb. 7, to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two couples who claim
that the discussion of homosexuality in their children's classroom
without their permission violated their parental rights. (Read
More)
ANTI-GAY
SENATOR BROWN TIRADE AT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS:
The Attleboro area of MA has a very arrogant Senator (well know for is
American Idol contestant daughter) who has been an outspoken opponent
of gay people in general, not just of marriage protections. MA
State Senator Brown, seems to feel that his job is impervious to
threat, leaving him in the position to state any personal opinion he
feels with full support of his constituents. He must have been
SHOCKED to read on-line blogs that state quite the contrary.
When asked to speak at a local high-school, whose majority did NOT
agree with his stand, he went on an outrageous and extremely
unprofessional tirade shouting out obscenities that he had read on local
blogs (pretty much what blogs are known for) and screaming out the
names of students that wrote such comments about him.
Honestly, I
think the Senator still thinks he is the captain of the a high-school
varsity team, where it is acceptable to pick on others and shout obscenities
to ensure his "cool-status." These are the actions of
a political leader?!!! PLEASE Write in to your local papers
about this shameful elected official... I will research and post
FACTS about this legislator in upcoming editions.
(Read
More)
Mass.
state Senator's comments to students provoke outcry
Anti-marriage equality Republican lawmaker Scott Brown singles
out high school students in class, reading back from the Internet
profanities written about him and his family more
Larry
Cirignano charged with civil rights violation:
WORCESTER (William
Henderson) - Larry Cirignano, former leader of Catholic Citizenship,
was charged on Tuesday, Feb. 6 with a civil rights violation in
addition to an assault charge in relation to a December demonstration
in Worcester in which time it is alleged he pushed Sarah Loy, a
pro-gay marriage rally attendee, to the ground. (Read
More)
PLEASE HELP
by forwarding to me (sscivilrights@comcast.net,)
"letters to the editor" and "news editorials" from
any/all sources possible so that we can keep track and try to
respond.
PATRIOT
LEDGER: READERS’ VIEW Students right to fault Brown on gay marriage
PATRIOT
LEDGER: READERS’ VIEW You’ve got bigger worries than gay
marriage
PATRIOT
LEDGER: READERS’ VIEW Rationalizing a vote to take away basic rights
PATRIOT
LEDGER: READER’S VIEW- The right to vote
PATRIOT
LEDGER: READER’S
VIEW: No discrimination
PATRIOT
LEDGER:
READER’S VIEW:
Legislators have a duty to protect rights
PARIOT
LEDGER: READER’S VIEW: Anti-gay initiative should be resisted by
all means
PATRIOT
LEDGER: READER’S VIEW: Why do some enjoy denying others their
rights?
BOSTON
GLOBE LETTER:
God's gay child
PATRIOT
LEDGER: READER’S VIEW: On marriage, it depends on whose ox is
being gored
BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL: A shameful reversal of rights
PLEASE CONTACT SENATOR MORRISSEY'S OFFICE
AND ASK HIM TO REJECT THE AMENDMENT ON ITS
MERITS.
(Click here for his contact information)
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