Nope I'm not in the news this week :-).  At least not that I know of.  Its actually been pretty quiet for me.  I have however, been able to meet up with long lost friends from school as a result of last week's article by the Patriot Ledger.

All is DEFINITELY not quiet on the marriage front.  Our opponents have now proven that they will try every desperate measure possible to prevent the GLBT community from sharing the protections of civil marriage.  Just this past week, even more actions by our opponents have occurred.  Opponents are STILL trying to block May 17th licenses, and now they are even trying to oust the SJC judges who voted in our favor.  Romney, (Satan himself) now has a record number of GOP legislative candidates for the November election. 

Notable items this week:

PLEASE SEND IN EDITORIALS.... NOW!
There are an awful amount of opposition editorials being placed in local papers.  PLEASE, if you haven't been published in the last 30 days, Please write a letter to the editor of your paper in support of our cause:

Checkout this horrible one titled "Would John Adams approve gay marriage?" 

Someone PLEASE write a rebuttal!

 

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Governor Aims to Limit Marriage to Mass. Residents, GLAD Offers Perspective

April 25, 2004 -- In response to news that Governor Romney plans to invoke a previously unused 1913 law to prohibit all non-resident same-sex couples from marrying in Massachusetts, GLAD attorney Mary Bonauto said "Massachusetts has no legal justification at all for catering to discriminatory laws of other states, particularly where it has itself already declared that barring same-sex marriages is unconstitutional." Furthermore, Bonauto explained, "the governor's painting with far too broad a brush in his interpretation." The law says that the state cannot marry an out-of-state couple if their marriage would be "void" in their home state. According to Bonauto, this specific legal language could only apply to a limited number of states based on their current marriage policies.

Read the New York Times article about this story...
Read GLAD's perspective...

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Local clerks won't alter state rules on marriage: Most vow to adhere to whatever guidelines Romney implements.
Town clerks from Quincy to Carver say they will block out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts if that's what the state wishes.

‘‘Whatever the state tells us to do, I'm obligated to do,'' Hanover Town Clerk Robert Shea said last week. ‘‘I have no choice.''

Full Story By DAN DeLEO, The Patriot Ledger

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LEDGER VIEW: Legislative meddling
A last-ditch legislative effort to remove the four state supreme court justices who ruled in favor of gay marriage is a reminder why we don't have elected judges in the first place.

Rep. Emile J. Goguen, D-Fitchburg, is looking desperately for legislative colleagues to join him in his pathetic attempt to browbeat the state's highest court and erode judicial independence.
Full Story By The Patriot Ledger

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On Saturday, May 15th, Countdown to Equality Parties happening all across the Commonwealth.

From Fitchburg to Florence,
From Haverhill to Holyoke,
From Needham to Northbridge, and
Many other places across the state;

All over people are planning to celebrate on Saturday, May 15th.
Are you? Please do!

We make it easy for you to throw a party to benefit the Freedom
To Marry Coalition (aka EqualMarriage.org). To learn more about
hosting a Countdown to Equality Party visit this link:
http://EqualMarriage.org/party.php

We have all earned this. Let's all celebrate and have a good time.

Gratefully,

Scott Gortikov & Lorie Stull
Countdown Campaign Coordinators
EqualMarriage.org: The Freedom to Marry Coalition
CountdownToEquality@EqualMarriage.org

 

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Don't let homosexuals destroy the institution of marriage.  The Christian Republicans are doing a fine job without anyone's help!

Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia
Barr, not yet 50 years old, has been married three times. Barr had the audacity to author and push the "Defense of Marriage Act." The current joke making the rounds on Capitol Hill is "Bob Barr...WHICH marriage are you defending?!?

Ronald Reagan
Divorced the mother of two of his children to marry Nancy... Reagan who bore him a daughter only 7 months after the marriage.

Bob Dole
Divorced the mother of his child, who had nursed him through the long recovery from his war wounds.

Newt Gingrich
Divorced his wife who was dying of cancer.

Dick Armey
House Majority Leader - divorced

Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas
Divorced

Gov. John Engler of Michigan
Divorced

Gov. Pete Wilson of California
Divorced

George Will
Divorced

Sen. Lauch Faircloth
Divorced

Rush Limbaugh
Rush and his current wife Marta have six marriages and four divorces between them.

Sen. Alfonse D'Amato of New York
Divorced

Sen. John Warner of Virginia
Divorced (once married to Liz Taylor.)

Gov. George Allen of Virginia
Divorced

Henry Kissinger
Divorced

Rep. Helen Chenoweth of Idaho
Divorced

Sen. John McCain of Arizona
Divorced

Rep. John Kasich of Ohio
Divorced

Rep. Susan Molinari of New York
Republican National Convention Keynote Speaker - Divorced

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