FUCK YEAH!
A joint legislative session resulted in an overwhelming defeat (157-39) of the Mass. proposal to ban marriage to same-sex couples and replace the right to marry with civil unions. The measure will not continue on to the ballot and to voters.FUCK YEAH!Legislators who had initially supported the measure said "they no longer felt right about denying the rights of marriage to same-sex couples." Republican Sen. Brian Lees said, "Gay marriage has begun, and life has not changed for the citizens of the commonwealth, with the exception of those who can now marry." Lees who felt the measure was an appropriate compromise a year ago feels the measure is no longer a compromise today. Many lawmakers, after witnessing the rewards of marriage equality this past year, no longer oppose it.
THANK YOU, MASS EQUALITY & THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH!
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some musings: i wonder what is going to happen within the republican party now. i'm going to overgeneralize, because i don't wish to bore you all to tears. there seem to be three types: the "low taxes" / "live and let live" republicans (we'll call these folks libertarian republicans). and then there are the "let's not rock the boat" / "uh, i'm not sure if we should do that" conservatives (we'll just call these folks the skeptics). and then there are the folks pandering to jesus freaks (we'll just call these folks the god squad).
the libertarian republicans never really gave two shits about the same sex marriage debate, and now the skeptics are slowly realizing that the initial fears of societal upheaval are unfounded. that leaves the god squad.
where do you think things will go from here? will the god squad become more vehement? split off? compromise? will the people who counted on the god squad to make god's word the law be disillusioned and turn away from the republican party? will the democratic party try to grab these folks into their fold (it is no secret that many minority groups and recent immigrants are socially conservative)?
or will nothing happen.
ideas? predictions? discussion time!
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