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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...
...following the now-famous Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said, “The people of Massachusetts should have the right to define marriage. It should not be decided for them by a court.” Last week, the state legislature—representing the will of the people of the Commonwealth—answered Romney’s call in resounding fashion, defeating a proposed constitutional amendment to replace same-sex marriage with civil unions by an overwhelming vote of 157 to 39. Through their elected representatives, the people...
...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 has become an accepted and normal part of Massachusetts daily life...
...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 a bitter battle and could even strip thousands of people of their recently-won rights. Amazingly, even after the Legislature’s momentous decision, Romney...
...seek to diminish the Massachusetts citizenry’s ability to decide the matter of marriage rights for itself. We say only that the citizenry has already made its will abundantly clear, and that the only responsible decision left for Romney and his allies is to drop the issue and let the Commonwealth continue to exist as it has. The recent decision of the Massachusetts Legislature was commendable; let’s hope that the Governor follows in this path of responsible statesmanship...