The Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments Dec. 20 on whether it should force the legislature to put the same-sex marriage issue on the ballot. Mass. Marrier has more.
Note: Mitt Romney signed onto the petition as a Massachusetts resident, not governor - who knew he still lived here?
TakeMassAction has photos, video. Kimberly Atkins posts a transcript of Mitt Romney's speech.
Outraged Liberal wonders if the Romney for President campaign will reimburse the state for all the police presence yesterday:
Beth Israel Deaconess CEO Paul Levy points to his hospital's origins in explaining why he can't wait to see Mitt Romney and his increasingly virulent anti-gay positions leave Massachusetts:
Jim Conley wonders if, now that the debate over gay marriage is tabled, anti-gay religious leaders and the media will turn their attention to the hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents below the poverty line:
... Silly me, like there'll be cameras showing up to cover poverty in Massachusetts. Why report on the hardship faced by one-fifth of Massachusetts' residents when you can cover some nut job in a froth over "Adam and Steve"?
G says there's no going back:
... now that i can say i'm married i'm really not all that sure i want someone to mess with my life - with my feeling of being married just like every other married couple. and i want my kids to know that what their dads share is *nothing less* than what every other married couple shares. ...
Boston Bud was in the State House during the debate:
Bay Windows: Victory!
6:04 p.m. A huge, noisy celebratory rally is taking place in Nurses Hall. MassEquality campaign director Marc Solomon is introducing lawmakers who supported marriage equality to the crowd.
Since legislators voted to recess rather than adjourn, Mitt Romney cannot call them back into session.
Bay Windows has you covered. Blue Mass. Group is doing the liveblogging thing as well.
Sushiesque posts photos from outside the State House.
It's Constitutional Convention day at the State House again, and the legislators might decide whether to let voters vote on same-sex marriage - or just adjourn and let the issue die.
Mass. Marrier analyzes the situation:
... The solution is simple and needs to be at the top of the agenda for the new legislature -- reform the ballot-initiative process to return it to its original noble purpose, as a check against legislative errors of judgment.
Wasn't that special? Legislative leaders postponed the remainder of the Constitutional Convention until two days after the election. Among the issues: Gay marriage, natch. Mass. Marrier details what could happen - there's even a proposal to both ban future marriages and annul the ones that have already happened.
Cranky says he doesn't have anything against gay marriage, but still wonders why recent features in the Globe magazine seem to feature gay couples:
... There is a lot more to worry about in this country, and I'm certainly against any right-wing efforts to amend the constitution to outlaw gay marriage.
Mitt Romney's statement on marriage.
Michael on BunkoSquad: Get lost, Mitt:
The only things that make you actually show your face in the state you allegedly govern are disasters and antigay rallies. What a stand-up guy. ...
A Superior Court judge rules Rhode Island gays and lesbians can get married in Massachusetts.
Lissa Harris does some quick calculations and concludes: Good news for the Bay State economy.
Eeka says she is grateful the couple fought the good fight, but now wishes they could divorce in peace:
Mass. Marrier has the details on the case of a Tennessee company that does business in Massachusetts refusing to let a Massachusetts woman add her female spouse to her health plan:
... Bill Clinton's biggest legislative appeasement, the Defense of Marriage Act, lives in Canton, Mass. An arbitrator ruled for a Tennessee-based company that denied a legally married nurse the right to put her female spouse on her health plan. ...
Lawsuit planned, natch.
Bay Windows reports that the Goodridges, whose legal quest to get married led to our pioneering gay-marriage court case, are getting divorced.
Via Adam Reilly.
The state Legislature put off any action on a proposed gay-marriage ballot question until Nov. 9, two convenient days after the state elections.
David on Blue Mass. Group: So it's kind of a chickenshit move by the legislature, but there you go.
Harry at Squaring the Boston Globe: A true profile in courage, and one worthy of a cockroach.
Mass. court: AG did not err in approving gay marriage question.
However, Blue Mass. Group notes this does not mean the Legislature has to put the question on the ballot as part of a constitutional convention that starts Wednesday (also click on the Blue Mass. Group link for a copy of the ruling):
It's interesting that certain far-right Web sites that post phone numbers of elected or appointed Massachusetts officials offer no way to call them up to discuss their posts.
By saying that civilization rests on the principal of marriage being between one man and one woman, is Mitt Romney saying his great-grandfather was uncivilized?
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