(Massachusetts) AG OK’s ballot question to ban non-resident gay marriage

[Ian David]

Source: Associated Press (via Boston Herald)

AG OK’s ballot question to ban non-resident gay marriage
Group must collect 33,000 signatures by October
By Associated Press
Monday, August 25, 2008 - Updated 21h ago

BOSTON - Attorney General Martha Coakley has given the go-ahead to a group that wants to overturn the Legislature’s repeal of a law barring marriages in Massachusetts by out-of-state same-sex couples.

Coakley said today the group’s proposed ballot question meets the necessary technical requirements, but added she does not necessarily support the measure.

Supporters led by the group MassResistence now must gather 33,000 signatures by the end of October to appear on the November 2010 ballot. They are seeking to reinstate a 1913 law making it illegal for couples to get married in Massachusetts if their unions would be illegal in their home states.

The House and Senate voted in late June to repeal the law. Gov. Deval Patrick signed the repeal.



Read more: http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_08_25_AG_OK_s_ballot_question_to_ban_gay_marriage:_Group_must_collect_33_000_signatures_by_October/srvc=home&position=recent

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Breaking News. Mass AG OK's Ballot Amendment
by: davidhart
Mon Aug 25, 2008 at 14:56:19 PM EDT

(Beat that dead horse, fundies. JEEBUS. - promoted by Julien Sharp)

Attorney General Martha Coakley today authorized a ballot question proposing to reinstate a nearly century old law barring out-of-state gay couples from marrying…

In her ruling, AG Coakley said the question’s supporters, MassResistance, had met the necessary technical requirement for filing a ballot question. The group must now gather 33,000 signatures by the end of October to appear on the November 2010 ballot.

More:
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6649


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[KamaAina]

1. I assume these creeps are aware that the 1913 law was meant to impede interracial marriage

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=221&topic_id=79461&mesg_id=79461

The 1913 law prevents out-of-state couples from marrying in the Bay State if their marriage would be considered void in their state of residence. Legal experts differ on the original intent of the law, but many have argued that it was designed at least in part as a way to prevent interracial couples from coming to Massachusetts to evade anti-miscegenation laws in their home state. The state had not enforced the law in decades until shortly before same-sex couples began marrying in Massachusetts in 2004.

Then again, supporting stone racist bigotry is probably a small price for these Neanderthals to pay to keep them ho-mo-sesshuls from a-marryin'. :eyes:

[Ian David]

2. They are well-aware of that but do not care.

What they may not realize is that certain people have compiled a list of heterosexual marriages performed in Massachusetts that can be vacated if this 1913 law is reinstated.

[CatholicEdHead]

3. Cold, heartless jerks

[LiberalFighter]

4. If they want to ban that type of marriage then it should only apply within their religion.

[Ian David]

7. This is why it is still legal to buy pork in Israel. n/t

[closeupready]

5. This kind of thing will make me leave Christianity behind altogether, considering I have gay family.

n/t

[Ian David]

6. If it helps, Brian Camenker is Marxist Jewish Holocaust Revisionist.

Of course, all his "best friends" and fellow travelers seem to be chrisTians.

But, fwiw, if I were a Christian I'd be either a Unitarian or join the United Church of Christ or perhaps the Liberal Quakers.

[AlbertCat]

8. Go ahead!

Free yourself from ancient superstitions! You don't need Jesus' permission to treat others as you would have yourself treated. Just do it.

[Ian David]

9. You have to toss salt over your left shoulder when you abandon Jesus. n/t

[Ian David]

10. MassResistance Stands Alone In Hatred

Monday, August 25, 2008
MassResistance Stands Alone In Hatred
Well, MassResistance is upset. The hate group isn't getting the help it expected (from their email updates):


1. Two major Massachusetts pro-family groups announce they will NOT help gather signatures to challenge Legislature's repeal of "1913 Law" -- exporting "gay marriage" across America!

The news has shocked and upset the Massachusetts pro-family movement. As activists across Massachusetts get ready to fight back against the Legislature's outrageous repeal of the "1913 Law" -- and as people across America watch in anticipation - two major Massachusetts pro-family groups publicly announced that they won't help. Both groups had been major forces in the signature drive for the recent Marriage Amendment. But this time they're backing off.

Last week the Massachusetts Family Institute and Catholic Citizenship both published press releases stating that they "will not participate" in the referendum effort.


Uh, Brian, do you think they don't want to be associated with a noted Hate Group?

If that's not enough the delusional few over at MR actually compare themselves with Samuel Adams, George Washington, John Hancock and Martin Luther King:

More:
http://massresistancewatch.blogspot.com/2008/08/massresistance-stands-alone-in-hatred.html

[Ian David]

11. More on MassResistance's Petition to Uphold the Racist 1913 Law

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
More on MassResistance's Petition to Uphold the Racist 1913 Law
Here's the scoop on their petition, with information they didn't reveal on their website:

What this Referendum means

Before doing this, we polled 600 activists about it. Approximately 100 responded. Of those, 94% said that we should do it, and they'd help collect signatures! There's a lot of excitement.

By my count, 600 activists is only 1.4% of the signatures required for their petition, but wait only 94 of them said MassResistance should do it (hmm...how many of these actually live in Massachusetts?) so that 94 makes up only 0.23% of the signatures they need. I guess to them less than 1% is excitement.

Then they list the 10 original signers:

Brian Camenker

Dale C. Gunn

Ebba J. Holland

Caroline M. Kneeland

Robert G. O'Brien

John O'Gorman

David Thomas Parker

Tonia S. Parker

Edward J. Sharib

Robert Montgomery Thomas


You can probably recognize 3 right off the the bat.

More:
http://massresistancewatch.blogspot.com/2008/08/more-on-massresistances-petition-to.html