marriage equality in MA is under fire
David on Jun 4th 2007
It appears that early this morning a mass email was distributed to Massachusetts citizens titled “Urgent: Help restore traditional marriage in Massachusetts”. The email, penned by the radical right American Family Association, is in response to the upcoming June 14 vote in the Massachusetts legislature which will determine whether or not marriage equality will go to a ballot. This email states:
Massachusetts is the only state in the nation which legally condones and encourages homosexual marriage. If we can join together to defeat this radical agenda, it will send a strong message to our political leadership nationwide. You need to know that powerful forces, including the governor, attorney general, and house speaker are now pressuring your state legislators to vote against it. Take action…”
The email encourages donations, phone calls to representatives and forwarding the message of hate along to friends and family.
What can we do to counter this message? If you live in Massachusetts, visit www.massequality.org for an action center complete with legislator contact info and volunteering forms. If you don’t live in Massachusetts, let’s harness the power of our social networks and activate our community to stand up for equality. MassEquality is launching an aggressive multi-media campaign to get its message out. We’ve embedded one of the videos below.
Copy and paste the URL into an email and distribute it to your contact book. Link to the video on your MySpace page. Embed the video into a blog post and let people know what’s happening in Masschusetts. Let’s stand up for equality by standing up for Massachusetts!
I fail to see how the defense of traditional marriage deprives anyone of his rights. I am as straight as they come and so is my spouse. Thus we are of the two different se4xes. I have no right whatever to marry anyone of my same sex. That is what equal rights are.
i fail to see how the defense of gay marriage threatens the rights of heterosexuals.
That is what is so obscene about moral majority backlash. It’s so hypocritical.
In a sense, straights are still in the closet.