Gay Marriage may be banned in mass.

Boss · 11-20-2006, 08:32 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...111900879.html

Romney Wants Gay-Marriage Ban on Mass. Ballot
Governor to Ask Court to Place Amendment Before Voters if Legislators Don't Decide the Issue

By David Weber
Associated Press
Monday, November 20, 2006; Page A06

BOSTON, Nov. 19 -- Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) said Sunday that he will ask the state's highest court this week to order a ballot question on same-sex marriage if legislators fail to vote on the matter when they reconvene in January.

Romney said he will ask a justice of the state's Supreme Judicial Court to direct the secretary of state to place the question on the ballot if lawmakers do not vote directly on the question Jan. 2, the final day of the current session. Romney's term as governor expires Jan. 4.

The legislature is in recess and, because it did not adjourn, Romney has no legal authority to call legislators back into session.

Romney, an opponent of same-sex marriage, made his announcement to the cheers of hundreds of same-sex-marriage opponents at a rally on the Statehouse steps. A counter-protest was held across the street.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in November 2003 that same-sex marriages are legal. Since then, more than 8,000 gay couples have tied the knot in the state.

More than 170,000 people had signed a petition in support of the ballot question, which would define marriage as between a man and a woman.

Romney has criticized lawmakers since they refused earlier this month to take up the question during a joint session, voting instead to recess, all but killing the measure.

"A decision not to vote is a decision to usurp the Constitution, to abandon democracy and substitute a form of what this nation's founders called tyranny, that is, the imposition of the will of those in power, on the people," Romney said earlier. "The issue now before us is not whether same-sex couples should marry. The issue before us today is whether 109 legislators will follow the Constitution."

Supporters of same-sex marriage defended lawmakers' procedural move.

"One of the tenets of the Constitution is that you do not put the rights of a minority up for a popularity contest," said Marc Solomon, campaign director for Mass Equality, which supports same-sex marriage. "It is one of the very principles this country was founded upon."

Messages seeking comment from legislative leaders were not immediately returned Sunday.

The legislature grappled with various efforts to ban same-sex marriages before the high court ruling in 2003. Lawmakers refused to vote on a citizens' initiative in 2002, and two years later they voted down their own proposed amendment that would have banned same-sex marriage and legalized civil unions.

Haleemah · 11-21-2006, 12:46 AM

well, quite frankly ... i am hoping it does get banned for real ...if they want, they can do undercover/solo or watever but dat no be real marraige to me.

Boss · 11-21-2006, 12:53 AM

no one cares what marriage means to you...let them do what they want to do...they live in the same air you live in, they are human, they have a right to do wuteva, last time i checked, it doesnt invade ur rights...people are being idiots frankly.

Haleemah · 11-21-2006, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Boss

no one cares what marriage means to you...let them do what they want to do...they live in the same air you live in, they are human, they have a right to do wuteva, last time i checked, it doesnt invade ur rights...people are being idiots frankly.

take it easy mehn .... dis is more than what they wanna do. Its a socio-economic issue and needs to be addressed. Last time i checked, no one was ever born gay.

crAzy Don · 11-21-2006, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Jem

take it easy mehn .... dis is more than what they wanna do. Its a socio-economic issue and needs to be addressed. Last time i checked, no one was ever born gay.

...check your facts...and I holdon to the fact that homosexuality is natural.Sexual Orientation is natural, Skin color is natural...beleive me hun...dont make assumptions like this without checking your facts...

A-Mugg · 11-21-2006, 03:21 AM

why do homosexuals feel the need get married?

Boss · 11-21-2006, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by A-Mugg

why do homosexuals feel the need get married?

coz they are human?

A-Mugg · 11-21-2006, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Boss

coz they are human?

and??

Boss · 11-21-2006, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by A-Mugg

and??

they are free to do wuteva they want as long as it doesnt affect u?

FekNr · 11-23-2006, 04:49 PM

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Haleemah Born Into Excellence... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North America Posts: 8,883 Points: 409.00 Bank: 172,946.40 Total Points: 173,355.40 Donate Rep Power: 211718	well, quite frankly ... i am hoping it does get banned for real ...if they want, they can do undercover/solo or watever but dat no be real marraige to me. __________________ familiar stranger ...

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