How did YOUR Massachusetts state legislator vote on same sex marriage?

[TaleWgnDg]

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A vote "yes" would place the same-sex marriage ban on the 2008 Massachusetts ballot.
A vote "no" would kill the Massachusetts ballot question.

In other words, a "yes" vote would allow the general public to vote on civil rights and place discrimination into the Massachusetts constitution; and a "no" vote would not allow such a vote.

The legal bottom line? Same-sex marriage remains legal in Massachusetts. Until or unless some other out of state crazies (or religious group) try again to place their brand of "morals" and religion into our Massachusetts constitution. BTW, John Adams, who authored our Massachusetts constitution (which is the oldest written constitution in the world) is resting easy tonight -- Adams would have been adamantly against placing discrimination into his beloved constitution.

The political bottom line? With this vote same-sex marriage is prevented from being used (again) as a political tool in a presidential election. This time in the upcoming 2008 presidential election. Those rightwingnuts can go slither beneath their rocks to mull over another ploy using another tool -- thereby removing the "gays" from their mantra of "gays, guns, and God."

Roll Call Vote on the Proposed Gay Marriage Ban
By The Associated Press | June 14, 2007

Here's how members of the Massachusetts Legislature (in a Massachusetts Constitutional Convention) voted Thursday (June 14, 2007) on a proposed 2008 ballot question that would ban gay marriage. The vote was 45-151. Fifty votes were needed to move it to a statewide ballot question in 2008.


MASSACHUSETTS SENATE

Robert A. Antonioni, D-Leominster - N

Edward M. Augustus, D-Worcester - N

Steven A. Baddour, D-Methuen - N

Jarrett T. Barrios, D-Cambridge - N

Frederick E. Berry, D-Peabody - N

Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre - N

Scott P. Brown, R-Wrentham - Y

Stephen J. Buoniconti, D-West Springfield - N

Gale D. Candaras, D-Wilbraham - N

Harriette L. Chandler, D-Worcester - N

Robert S. Creedon Jr., D-Brockton - Y

Cynthia Stone Creem, D-Newton - N

Benjamin B. Downing, D-Pittsfield - N

Susan C. Fargo, D-Lincoln - N

John A. Hart, D-Boston - N

Robert A. Havern, D-Arlington - N

Robert L. Hedlund, R-Weymouth - Y

Patricia Jehlen, D-Somerville - N

Brian A. Joyce, D-Milton - N

Michael R. Knapik, R-Westfield - N

Thomas M. McGee, D-Lynn - N

Joan M. Menard, D-Fall River - N

Mark C. Montigny, D-New Bedford - N

Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge - Y

Michael W. Morrissey, D-Quincy - N

Therese Murray, D-Plymouth - N

Robert D. O'Leary, D-Barnstable - N

Marc R. Pacheco, D-Taunton - N

Steven C. Panagiotakos, D-Lowell - Y

Pamela P. Resor, D-Acton - N

Stanley C. Rosenberg, D-Amherst - N

Karen E. Spilka, D-Ashland - N

Bruce E. Tarr, R-Gloucester - N

James E. Timilty, D-Walpole - N

Richard R. Tisei, R-Wakefield - N

Steven A. Tolman, D-Boston - N

Susan C. Tucker, D-Andover - N

Marian Walsh, D-West Roxbury - N

Dianne Wilkerson, D-Boston - N

MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE:

Geraldo Alicea, D-Charlton - N

Willie Mae Allen, D-Boston - N

Cory Atkins, D-Concord - N

Demetrius J. Atsalis, D-Hyannis - X

Bruce J. Ayers, D-Quincy - Y

Ruth B. Balser, D-Newton - N

Fred Barrows, R-Mansfield - Y

John J. Binienda, D-Worcester - Y

Daniel E. Bosley, D-North Adams - N

Garrett J. Bradley, D-Hingham - N

William N. Brownsberger, D-Belmont - N

Antonio F. D. Cabral, D-New Bedford - N

Jennifer M. Callahan, D-Sutton - N

Thomas Calter, D-Kingston - N

Linda Dean Campbell, D-Methuen - Y

Christine E. Canavan, D-Brockton - N

Stephen R. Canessa, D-New Bedford - N

Paul C. Casey, D-Winchester - Y

Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera, D-Springfield - N

Thomas F. Conroy, D-Wayland - N

Robert Correia, D-Fall River - Y

Michael A. Costello, D-Newburyport - N

Geraldine Creedon, D-Brockton - Y

Sean Curran, D-Springfield - Y

Steven J. D'Amico, D-Seekonk - N

Robert A. DeLeo, D-Winthrop - N

Viriato Manuel deMacedo, R-Plymouth - Y

Brian S. Dempsey, D-Haverhill - N

Salvatore F. DiMasi, D-Boston - N

Stephen DiNatale, D-Fitchburg - N

Paul J. Donato, D-Medford - Y

Christopher J. Donelan, D-Orange - N

Joseph R. Driscoll Jr., D-Braintree - N

James B. Eldridge, D-Acton - N

Lewis G. Evangelidis, R-Holden - Y

James H. Fagan, D-Taunton - Y

Christopher G. Fallon, D-Malden - N

Mark V. Falzone, D-Saugus - N

Robert F. Fennell, D-Lynn - N

John V. Fernandes, D-Milford - N

Michael E. Festa, D-Melrose - N

Barry R. Finegold, D-Andover - N

Jennifer Flanagan, D-Leominster - N

David L. Flynn, D-Bridgewater - Y

Linda Dorcena Forry, D-Boston - N

Gloria L. Fox, D-Boston - N

John P. Fresolo, D-Worcester - Y

Paul K. Frost, R-Auburn - Y

William C. Galvin, D-Canton - N

Colleen M. Garry, D-Dracut - Y

Susan W. Gifford, R-Wareham - Y

Anne M. Gobi, D-Spencer - N

Thomas A. Golden Jr., D-Lowell - N

Mary E. Grant, D-Beverly - N

William G. Greene Jr., D-Billerica - Y

Denis Guyer, D-Dalton - N

Patricia A. Haddad, D-Somerset - N

Geoffrey D. Hall, D-Westford - N

Robert S. Hargraves, R-Groton - Y

Lida E. Harkins, D-Needham - N

Bradford Hill, R-Ipswich - N

Kevin G. Honan, D-Boston - N

Donald F. Humason Jr., R-Westfield - Y

Frank M. Hynes, D-Marshfield - Y

Bradley H. Jones Jr., R-North Reading - N

Louis L. Kafka, D-Stoughton - N

Michael F. Kane, D-Holyoke - Y

Rachel Kaprielian, D-Watertown - N

Jay R. Kaufman, D-Lexington - N

John D. Keenan, D-Salem - N

Thomas P. Kennedy, D-Brockton - N

Kay Khan, D-Newton - N

Peter V. Kocot, D-Northampton - N

Robert M. Koczera, D-New Bedford - N

Peter J. Koutoujian, D-Waltham - N

Paul Kujawski, D-Webster - N

Stephen Kulik, D-Worthington - N

William Lantigua, D-Lawrence - Y

Stephen P. LeDuc, D-Marlborough - N

John A. Lepper, R-Attleboro - Y

David P. Linsky, D-Natick - N

Barbara A. L'Italien, D-Andover - N

Paul Loscocco, R-Holliston - N

Elizabeth A. Malia, D-Boston - N

Ronald Mariano, D-Quincy - N

James J. Marzilli Jr., D-Arlington - N

Allen J. McCarthy, D-East Bridgewater - N

Paul McMurtry, D-Dedham - N

James R. Miceli, D-Wilmington - Y

Michael Moran, D-Boston - N

Charles A. Murphy, D-Burlington - N

James M. Murphy, D-Weymouth - Y

Kevin M. Murphy, D-Lowell - N

David M. Nangle, D-Lowell - Y

Patrick Natale, D-Woburn - N

Harold P. Naughton Jr., D-Clinton - N

Robert J. Nyman, D-Hanover - N

James O'Day, D-West Boylston - N

Eugene L. O'Flaherty, D-Chelsea - N

Matthew C. Patrick, D-Falmouth - N

Sarah Peake, D-Provincetown - N

Vincent A. Pedone, D-Worcester - N

Alice H. Peisch, D-Wellesley - N

Jeffrey D. Perry, R-Sandwich - Y

Douglas W. Petersen, D-Marblehead - N

George N. Peterson Jr., R-Grafton - Y

Thomas M. Petrolati, D-Ludlow - Y

Anthony W. Petruccelli, D-Boston - N

William "Smitty" Pignatelli, D-Lenox - N

Elizabeth A. Poirier, R-North Attleboro - Y

Karyn E. Polito, R-Shrewsbury - Y

Denise Provost, D-Somerville - N

Angelo Puppolo, D-Wilbraham - N

John F. Quinn, D-Dartmouth - N

Kathi-Anne Reinstein, D-Revere - N

Robert Rice Jr., D-Gardner - N

Pam Richardson, D-Framingham - N

Michael J. Rodrigues, D-Westport - N

Mary S. Rogeness, R-Longmeadow - Y

John H. Rogers, D-Norwood - N

Richard J. Ross, R-Wrentham - N

Michael F. Rush, D-Boston - Y

Byron Rushing, D-Boston - N

Jeffrey Sanchez, D-Boston - N

Rosemary Sandlin, D-Agawam - N

Tom Sannicandro, D-Ashland - N

Angelo M. Scaccia, D-Boston - Y

John W. Scibak, D-South Hadley - N

Carl M. Sciortino Jr., D-Somerville - N

Stephen Smith, D-Everett - N

Frank I. Smizik, D-Brookline - N

Todd M. Smola, R-Palmer - Y

Theodore C. Speliotis, D-Danvers - N

Robert P. Spellane, D-Worcester - N

Christopher N. Speranzo - D-Pittsfield - N

Joyce A. Spiliotis, D-Peabody - Y

Marie P. St. Fleur, D-Boston - X

Harriett L. Stanley, D-West Newbury - N

Thomas M. Stanley, D-Waltham - N

Ellen Story, D-Amherst - N

William M. Straus, D-Mattapoisett - N

David B. Sullivan, D-Fall River - N

Benjamin Swan, D-Springfield - N

Walter F. Timilty, D-Milton - Y

A. Stephen Tobin, D-Quincy - Y

Timothy J. Toomey Jr., D-Cambridge - N

David M. Torrisi, D-North Andover - N

Eric Turkington, D-Falmouth - N

Cleon H. Turner, D-Dennis - N

James E. Vallee, D-Franklin - N

Anthony J. Verga, D-Gloucester - X

Joseph F. Wagner, D-Chicopee - N

Brian P. Wallace, D-Boston - N

Patricia A. Walrath, D-Stow - N

Martin J. Walsh, D-Boston - N

Steven M. Walsh, D-Lynn - N

Martha M. Walz, D-Boston - N

Daniel K. Webster, R-Hanson - Y

James T. Welch, D-West Springfield - N

Alice K. Wolf, D-Cambridge - N

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N no

Y yes

X not voting

P present

. . . more at http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/06/14/roll_call_vote_on_the_proposed_gay_marriage_ban/?page=full

(boldfaced type added by TaleWgnDg)

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0388_0001_ZO.html (Loving v. VA, 388 U.S. 1 (1967))




Con-Con Convention, March 2004, Massachusetts Statehouse

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[Breeze54]

1. My fuckhead rethug, rep voted Y --

Scott P. Brown, R-Wrentham - Y --- Total asshole!! :grr:
(I worked diligently to get Angus McQuilken: (the former chief of staff
to former Sen. Cheryl Jacques) elected but we lost by 330 votes.) :(

But, David P. Linsky, D-Natick - N (old classmate) came through! :applause:

[polmaven]

2. As did my DINO rep,

but that was no surprise.....She is a bigot to the nth degree.

My Senator, the esteemed Senate majority leader voted N, however.

[Breeze54]

5. Forgot to add: Richard J. Ross, R-Wrentham - N

He was called numerous times, at least from my house!

Seems he listened! ;)

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Morrissey- NO, Ayers- YES

No surprise there though.

[Dystopian]

4. Just as expected

Senate:
Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre - N
:applause: :applause: :applause:

House:
Lewis G. Evangelidis, R-Holden - Y
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Kat45]

6. Mine voted NO, which I'd expected.

I have a cousin, who I don't know well, who is a state rep; I know nothing of his politics, so I checked it out and am glad to see that he voted no as well.

[shawmut]

7. Both voted Yes

Murphy and Hedlund. What an embarrassment. :thumbsdown:

[TaleWgnDg]

8. I was fortunate . . .

as for my own district, both state Senator and state Rep voted to kill this vindictive (sick) constitutional amendment. That pleased me greatly.

And, as for other members of my family in Massachusetts, they, too, were fortunate, for their legislators -- all of them -- voted down this so-called "let the people vote" (up or down on civil rights of minorities and their families)!

Some of these state legislators were Republicans too. How about that?! Indeed. As I've oft thought and said aloud, when push comes to shove the old time New England Republicans can be counted on regarding legal issues of liberty and equality. But somehow that grit and backbone seems to have bypassed the newbie (neocon) Republicans, even in New England. How sad, such weaklings.



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edited to add: the above jab at Baptists applies ONLY to those Baptists who trammel (whether directly or indirectly) the rights of LGBTs and their families, period. Not all Baptists are in this hateful boat, thankfully.

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[Breeze54]

9. Neither are all Catholics.

[Rockholm]

11. Were you at the ConCon on Thursday?

[Breeze54]

12. No.

But I didn't have to be there. I know that Flynn (?) is out there
with idiotic "Catholics" picketing, as are other religious groups.
I just don't blame all groups or one group for the actions of a few.

[TaleWgnDg]

15. Oh, yeah. And, then there's Ray Flynn . . .

from Mayor of Boston, to holder-of-the-umbrella for the Pope, to hateful speeches about gays and anti-gay marches -- Ray Flynn is a "piece of work." Say, I wonder if Ray Flynn ever did anything while Ambassador to the Holy See except visit barrooms in Rome?


Ray Flynn (right) and entourage marching against gay civil rights in San Francisco, April 3, 2004
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[Rockholm]

10. Tarr - No...Verga - Fell down the stairs.

My republican senator voted NO !!!!!!!!
My state rep, Tony Verga, was pushed by God on the State House stairs and was not able to vote. He seems very proud, though, of the fact that he would have voted yes.
Who ever decides to run against Verga will get my money and my vote.

[Jim Warren]

13. N

[bluescribbler]

14. Both of mine voted NO

Susan C. Fargo, D-Lincoln - N
Thomas M. Stanley, D-Waltham - N


But I was never in doubt about that.