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Marriage supporters, including Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, abandoned the Travaglini-Lees Amendment long ago because of its flawed compromise on civil unions. Since civil unions are same-sex “marriage” in nearly all but name, they remain an unacceptable compromise to most marriage supporters. Consequently, the ultimate failure of the Travaglini-Lees Amendment was a foregone conclusion when it passed the first time...
...safely dispense with the fear-mongering over the voting process if you believe the will of the people has already been exercised and 56 percent of the voters favor same-sex “marriage,” as you contend. However, it is worth noting that there has not yet been a vote on marriage itself by the people or the Legislature. The Travaglini-Lees compromise foreclosed any opportunity for the constitutional convention to vote on an amendment relating to marriage only...
...growing support for same-sex marriage within the Legislature reflects a parallel trend among the state’s public. In 2003, barely 44 percent of Massachusetts residents supported same-sex marriage. Today, that number has risen to 56 percent, and the number of residents who actively oppose same-sex marriage has fallen to below 40 percent. Across the state, people are realizing that life after same-sex marriage has not differed at all from life before same-sex marriage. Far from being a radical innovation of left-wing activist judges, as Romney and his allies maintain, same-sex marriage...
Evidently, however, the evidence and the resounding decision of the Legislature—the very manifestation of the will of the people—are still not satisfactory to the opponents of same-sex marriage. The Massachusetts Family Institute plans to introduce a new amendment to the state’s Constitution, this time absolutely banning same-sex marriage, with no provision granted for civil unions—a measure that Romney supports. This time, anti-same sex marriage advocates won’t be satisfied unless the measure is put before a statewide referendum, which will inevitably generate...
This position should be cause for serious concern both for Massachusetts residents and for all those who support equal marriage rights across the nation. As it stands, Massachusetts serves as a model for what all of America should seek to attain: a community in which same-sex marriage has become normalized. The referendum bid threatens to needlessly destabilize this harmonious social atmosphere. Never before has a referendum been proposed in Massachusetts that seeks to dissolve the rights of a minority group that had been previously guaranteed. In fact, the Massachusetts state constitution explicitly prohibits referenda concerning religious organizations for precisely...