The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention reconvenes this Thursday. Of course, the primary issue of debate is same-sex marriage. The situation is still
incredibly tenuous. There are a number of potential scenarios floating around. The newest one seems to be the option of putting two questions on the ballot--one banning same-sex marriage and the other establishing civil unions. (This split option is in some ways scarrier.) I received the following email from the
Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus today.
Hi Everyone,
We are entering the final stretch, and we need to dramatically crank up, once again, telephone calls to legislators. We are hearing from certain key legislators that constituent contacts on our side have died down significantly.
This weekend, we will be phone-banking at GLAD, with spill-over going to the ACLU and the Freedom to Marry Coalition. We will be calling people who have taken some kind of action before, and asking them to weigh in once again with their legislators. We will be focused on constituents of legislators who we have identified as critical in order for us to have a chance of winning this Thursday.
We need leaders and members of our MassEquality organizations, as well as our allies, to come in and make telephone calls to supporters of equal marriage rights asking them to take action. This work is absolutely critical--if we have a barrage of constituent telephone calls beginning on Monday, I am convinced we will seize next week's momentum.
Location: GLAD (spill-over will go to other nearby locations)
30 Winter Street, 8th Floor (Park Street or Downtown Crossing T stop)
Time: Saturday--10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday--12 noon-9 p.m.
Please come when you can and plan to spend as much time as you are able. We can definitely accommodate groups that want to take shifts of two or three hours. If you are bringing a group, or if you have questions, email or call Gavi Wolfe at GLAD: gwolfe@glad.org or (617) 426-1350 (617-694-9177 on Saturday, Robyn at 617-256-4746 on Sunday).
Please also bring your cell-phones and chargers..we want to be able to make calls even if we have filled all of the land lines.
Thanks very much. See you this weekend!
I'm going to try and take a couple hours this weekend (in between grading papers) to go down and help out. If you have time, please consider coming on down and helping out.