Still Married in Massachusetts
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ellenkushnerBOSTON, Mass. - June 15, 2007 (Radio Story) - Gay marriage is here to stay in Massachusetts, at least for the foreseeable future. By a margin of 151 to 45, lawmakers decided yesterday against sending a proposed ban to a statewide referendum next year.
The vote capped weeks of lobbying at the state house, with Governor Deval Patrick among those leading the charge against the amendment. Meanwhile, opponents of same sex marriage are promising to press on but they're not yet specifying any further actions.
Boston Globe "web exclusive" Opinion Piece by Derrick Z. Jackson (6/14/07):
LET THE wedding bells ring 151 times for gay couples and a courageous commonwealth.
Not only did the Massachusetts Legislature vote 151-45 today to block a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, the 45 votes for the ban represented a resounding drop from the 62 votes for the amendment last session. The measure needed at least 50 of 200 votes in consecutive sessions to make it to the ballot.
That was a dramatic testament to the fact that legislators concluded that neither the so-called sanctity of matrimony nor the moral fiber of the commonwealth crumbled in the three years of gay marriage. ....
CATHOLIC SUPPORT
from a "high profile lay advisor to Boston Archbishop Cardinal O'Malley. The advisor, Peter Meade...who resigned over the Archdiocese's decision to ban same-sex couples from adopting . . . " His editorial, written earlier this week in the tabloid Boston Herald.:
"...legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts is a logical continuation of the social evolution that winds its way slowly yet inexorably throughout our nation’s history. . . . . Across the street from the State House stands the monument commemorating the heroics of the Massachusetts 54th, the black regiment that fought with such distinction in the Civil War. The plaque is inscribed with the names of the men who died “in the cause of freedom and union.” Freedom and union. Are there any two words that more aptly apply to the marriage issue today?"
AP Wire: Gay marriage Backers want to open Mass. to out -of-state backers:
Fresh off the success of defending gay marriage from its latest attack, advocates say they have one more fight in Massachusetts: Repealing a 1913 law that bars same-sex couples in most other states from coming here to get married. .... Opponents of gay marriage, including the former governor and now Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, have said repealing the law would make Massachusetts the "Las Vegas of gay marriage."
Only instead of Elvis Chapels we'll have Michelangelo & Natalie Barney.
The vote capped weeks of lobbying at the state house, with Governor Deval Patrick among those leading the charge against the amendment. Meanwhile, opponents of same sex marriage are promising to press on but they're not yet specifying any further actions.
Boston Globe "web exclusive" Opinion Piece by Derrick Z. Jackson (6/14/07):
LET THE wedding bells ring 151 times for gay couples and a courageous commonwealth.
Not only did the Massachusetts Legislature vote 151-45 today to block a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, the 45 votes for the ban represented a resounding drop from the 62 votes for the amendment last session. The measure needed at least 50 of 200 votes in consecutive sessions to make it to the ballot.
That was a dramatic testament to the fact that legislators concluded that neither the so-called sanctity of matrimony nor the moral fiber of the commonwealth crumbled in the three years of gay marriage. ....
CATHOLIC SUPPORT
from a "high profile lay advisor to Boston Archbishop Cardinal O'Malley. The advisor, Peter Meade...who resigned over the Archdiocese's decision to ban same-sex couples from adopting . . . " His editorial, written earlier this week in the tabloid Boston Herald.:
"...legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts is a logical continuation of the social evolution that winds its way slowly yet inexorably throughout our nation’s history. . . . . Across the street from the State House stands the monument commemorating the heroics of the Massachusetts 54th, the black regiment that fought with such distinction in the Civil War. The plaque is inscribed with the names of the men who died “in the cause of freedom and union.” Freedom and union. Are there any two words that more aptly apply to the marriage issue today?"
AP Wire: Gay marriage Backers want to open Mass. to out -of-state backers:
Fresh off the success of defending gay marriage from its latest attack, advocates say they have one more fight in Massachusetts: Repealing a 1913 law that bars same-sex couples in most other states from coming here to get married. .... Opponents of gay marriage, including the former governor and now Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, have said repealing the law would make Massachusetts the "Las Vegas of gay marriage."
Only instead of Elvis Chapels we'll have Michelangelo & Natalie Barney.
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Date: 2007-06-16 04:53 am (UTC)Yeah, Mitt, all the money Mass. would rake in from that would be a crying shame. Seriously, you'd think simple business greed would make this one an easy decision.
All I can say is that I will love the good state of Massachusetts for all time. Its motto should be "Still The Center of the Rebellion, Biotches."
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Date: 2007-06-16 04:59 am (UTC)My mind both boggles and capers at the thought of chapels done in the style of either Natalie Barney's salon or anything by Michelangelo. I guess it would be too gauche to suggest that Michelangelo's drawing of Jupiter in eagle form snatching up Ganymede go on the chapel ceilings?
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Date: 2007-06-16 05:00 am (UTC)Ooooh!! I LIKE. :D May I metaquote?
--Kris
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Date: 2007-06-16 05:01 am (UTC)omg - our car is still registered in Mass. (long story) - can I put that on my license plate???
It's even better than EAT CHEESE OR DIE (Wisconsin)!
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Date: 2007-06-16 05:02 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-06-16 05:21 am (UTC)Glad to see that Mass. is coming out on the right side of things.
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Date: 2007-06-16 05:26 am (UTC)Which means that same sex marriage will become a more common thing around here. And that the right wing will fail to stop the process. :)
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Date: 2007-06-16 05:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-16 05:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-16 05:58 am (UTC)But who is Natalie Barney?
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Date: 2007-06-16 08:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-16 08:42 am (UTC)By the way, El, I want to make sure you know that your work was discussed on the Endicott blog this week, June 9th and 13th entries, with a couple of nice comments on the latter: http://endicottstudio.typepad.com
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Date: 2007-06-16 12:14 pm (UTC)There are no residency requirements for getting married here in Ontario, where same-sex marriage has been legal since 2003. We love the economic benefits of having people come from all over the world to get married here. :)
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Date: 2007-06-16 12:45 pm (UTC)An American expat poet more read in French....
Date: 2007-06-16 01:29 pm (UTC)She knew everyone -- Mina Loy, Djuna Barnes, Oscar Wilde's niece.
Philadelphia should seceed from Pennsylvania
Date: 2007-06-16 01:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-16 01:47 pm (UTC)Some of those benefits would be because the state would be the destination for such weddings for the moment, of course.
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Date: 2007-06-16 03:10 pm (UTC)Natalie Barney
Date: 2007-06-16 03:12 pm (UTC)Oh, nevermind, I've done if for you. Check out http://www.natalie-barney.com/
and
HEY, EVERYONE!
Throw your OWN NB Salon Tea with these useful suggestions:
http://www.natalie-barney.com/salontea.htm
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Date: 2007-06-16 03:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-16 05:15 pm (UTC)(And I claim a nickel from everyone if no one else has posted this something along these lines already.)
Re: Natalie Barney
Date: 2007-06-16 05:59 pm (UTC)(not really, although I do make them do most of the housework)
Meanwhile, thanks. It's always nice to run into something new, tea and all.
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Date: 2007-06-16 07:09 pm (UTC)Re: Philadelphia should seceed from Pennsylvania
Date: 2007-06-16 08:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-17 07:28 am (UTC)--Kris
Re: Philadelphia should seceed from Pennsylvania
Date: 2007-06-17 08:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-17 01:59 pm (UTC)On Friday afternoon, we flew from DC to Boston, took a cab into Cambridge, and got to enjoy some nostalgia. We're staying near where we held our wedding. Last night we got to kiss at the spot of our first married kiss.
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