MA ConCon Vote
Jan. 2nd, 2007 04:58 pm(This is mostly a place-holder entry into my own journal, as several of my friends have already mentioned this in theirs, and I've commented in those places.)
The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (ConCon, comprised of both chambers of the legislature) have voted on the petition to declare "marriage" to be "solely between one man and one woman". The vote needed 50 "yes" to pass, and received 61.
The BostonChannel.com provided a PDF of the roll-call. Neither of my reps (Hall in the House or Resor in the Senate) voted to put the restriction of civil liberties before the voters.
After the new legislature swears in, I'll have to see how many "yes" votes remain, and whether any of them serve on the committees that my reps serve on; if so, I'll ask them to press for a rejection the next time it comes around on the guitar (the petition must be approved by a quarter of two successive legislatures to get onto the next ballot).
The new governor is against the ballot measure, while the outgoing one is for it. Also, favoring the measure tracks with age: the older you are, the more likely you want to ban homosexual marriage.
But it would be a bummer to have to repeal a state Constitutional Amendment after the current generation of fogies finally dies.
The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (ConCon, comprised of both chambers of the legislature) have voted on the petition to declare "marriage" to be "solely between one man and one woman". The vote needed 50 "yes" to pass, and received 61.
The BostonChannel.com provided a PDF of the roll-call. Neither of my reps (Hall in the House or Resor in the Senate) voted to put the restriction of civil liberties before the voters.
After the new legislature swears in, I'll have to see how many "yes" votes remain, and whether any of them serve on the committees that my reps serve on; if so, I'll ask them to press for a rejection the next time it comes around on the guitar (the petition must be approved by a quarter of two successive legislatures to get onto the next ballot).
The new governor is against the ballot measure, while the outgoing one is for it. Also, favoring the measure tracks with age: the older you are, the more likely you want to ban homosexual marriage.
But it would be a bummer to have to repeal a state Constitutional Amendment after the current generation of fogies finally dies.