Here is a list of how legislatures in Massachusetts have voted on various bills:
Testified in opposition to marriage amendment on 4/11:
- Representative Byron Rushing - Representative Frank I. Smizik - Representative Alice K. Wolf - Representative Michael E. Festa - Representative Rachel M. Kaprielian - Representative Kay Khan - Representative Deborah D. Blumer - Representative Anne M. Paulsen - Representative James B. Eldridge - Representative Elizabeth A. Malia - Representative Kathleen M. Teahan - Representative Jay R. Kaufman - Representative Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. - Representative David P. Linsky
Decriminalize bestiality, sodomy, and other perversions:
David Paul Linsky
5th Middlesex District
Ruth B. Balser
12th Middlesex District
Douglas W. Peterson
8th Essex District
Michael E. Festa
32nd Middlesex District
Robert A. O’Leary
Cape and Islands
Ellen Story
3rd Hampshire
Alice Hanlon Peisch
Would "officially" legalize homosexual marriage: By Mr. Havern, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 967) of Robert A. Havern, Pamela P. Resor, Harriette L. Chandler, Jarrett T. Barrios and other members of the General Court and another for legislation to protect Massachusetts families through equal access to civil marriage:
Byron Rushing
9th Suffolk
William G. Conley
MGLPC, State House, Boston
Elizabeth A. Malia
11th Suffolk
Gloria L. Fox
7th Suffolk
Alice Hanlon Peisch
14th Norfolk
Alice K. Wolf
25th Middlesex
David Paul Linsky
5th Middlesex
Deborah D. Blumer
6th Middlesex
Douglas W. Petersen
8th Essex
Ellen Story
3rd Hampshire
Frank I. Smizik
15th Norfolk
J. James Marzilli, Jr.
23rd Middlesex
Jay R. Kaufman
15th Middlesex
John W. Scibak
2nd Hampshire
Kathi-Anne Reinstein
16th Suffolk
Kay Khan
11th Middlesex
Martin J. Walsh
13th Suffolk
Michael A. Costello
1st Essex
Michael E. Festa
32nd Middlesex
Peter V. Kocot
1st Hampshire
Ruth B. Balser
12th Middlesex
Theodore C. Speliotis
13th Essex
Denis E. Guyer
2nd Berkshire
Martha M. Walz
8th Suffolk
Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.
34th Middlesex
Tom Sannicandro
7th Middlesex
John D. Keenan
7th Essex
Cory Atkins
14th Middlesex
Kathleen M. Teahan
7th Plymouth
Kevin G. Honan
17th Suffolk
Rachel Kaprielian
29th Middlesex
Barbara A. L’Italien
18th Essex
Matthew C. Patrick
3rd Barnstable
Anne M. Paulsen
24th Middlesex
Robert P. Spellane
13th Worcester
Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
26th Middlesex
David M. Torrisi
14th Essex
Thomas M. Stanley
9th Middlesex
Benjamin Swan
11th Hampden
Cheryl A. Rivera
10th Hampden
Stephen Kulik
1st Franklin
Patricia D. Jehlen
27th Middlesex
Cleon Turner
1st Barnstable Out-of state homosexual marriage in Mass:
Robert P. Spellane
13th Worcester
Michael E. Festa
32nd Middlesex
Douglas W. Petersen
8th Essex
Ellen Story
3rd Hampshire
David Paul Linsky
5th Middlesex
Matthew C. Patrick
3rd Barnstable
Patricia D. Jehlen
27th Middlesex
Jay R. Kaufman
15th Middlesex
Ruth B. Balser
12th Middlesex
Byron Rushing
9th Suffolk
David M. Torrisi
14th Essex
William G. Conley
MGLPC, Statehouse, Boston
Frank I. Smizik
15th Norfolk
Thomas M. Stanley
9th Middlesex
Rachel Kaprielian
29th Middlesex
Elizabeth A. Malia
11th Suffolk
J. James Marzilli, Jr.
23rd Middlesex
Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
26th Middlesex
Alice K. Wolf
25th Middlesex
Deborah D. Blumer
6th Middlesex
John W. Scibak
2nd Hampshire
Kathi-Anne Reinstein
16th Suffolk
Kay Khan
11th Middlesex
Peter V. Kocot
1st Hampshire
Martha M. Walz
8th Suffolk
Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.
34th Middlesex
John W. Keenan
7th Essex
Michael A. Costello
1st Essex
Barry R. Finegold
17th Essex
Cleon H. Turner
1st Barnstable
Denis E. Guyer
2nd Berkshire
Karen E. Spilka
2nd. Worcester Please click on the title of this post and find your state legislature to tell them to LET THE PEOPLE VOTE! Use the following script when calling and please be polite: “My name is _____ and I live at [home address]. I am calling to urge [Rep. _____ OR Sen. _____] to support the marriage amendment. The citizens of Massachusetts deserve the right to make this important decision. Will [Rep. _____ or Sen. _____] vote to let the people vote on the marriage amendment?” Let me know what their response was as soon as you can so Vote On Marriage.org can take the appropriate next step to put the pressure on our state officials.
5 comments:
That's quite a list. Do you think gay marriage will come to a vote in MA?
That is appalling...I got this list from some other group a few weeks ago, and I was surprised at how there are legislators that would even de-criminalize bestiality.
We've gone too liberal in this state...we need to get back to a balance, at least, where issues are not squashed along party lines, but debated and voted on fairly based on the people's will.
Jennifer,
As long as the citizens of the Commonwealth keep up the pressure on their state legislature and NOT SHUT UP about this issue, it will come to a vote.
Tyler,
You live in MA, call your state rep. and senator NOW before doing any more blogging. Click on the title "Know Thy Legislature" of this post and find your rep. and senator!!
use the following script when calling:
“My name is _____ and I live at [home address]. I am calling to urge [Rep. _____ OR Sen. _____] to support the marriage amendment. The citizens of Massachusetts deserve the right to make this important decision. Will [Rep. _____ or Sen. _____] vote to let the people vote on the marriage amendment?”
Let me know if you need any help. If you have done this already pass this on to another MA registered voter.
Please provide a link to this post for other MA registered voters to look at.
O.K. I will come up for air. LOL!!
Thanks for your help
I am not a citizen of MA, but I understand the importance of this issue. If I can happen there, it can happen here....or, even worse, all over America.
SCIA, I met with my rep. on Monday night, and her husband is on the judiciary committee (giving the amendment an unfavorable report...), but as far as I know, both of them are on the side of letting the people vote on the issues, at least.
I want my rights!!!
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