MA: Poll Shows Voters Reject Marriage Ban

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Friday September 23, 2005 · 9:32 AM PDT

2005/09/23 · 09:32

The State House News Service released a new poll yesterday that showed voters rejecting the proposed ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriage by a margin of 51.9% opposed to 42.6% in favor. The proposition to define marriage as one man and one woman was approved by AG Tom Reilly and if it gets enough signatures will head to the ballot in 2008, provided it can muster support of a mere 25% of the Legislature in 2006 and 2007. Since 2004, when the first same-sex marriages were performed, support for marriage equality has steadily risen, and I can't imagine that these numbers are going to get worse. If nothing else, it shows that support here in Massachusetts is not limited to some radical fridge, but it is a mainstream position.

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Barack Obama Webcast LIVE NOW

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Saturday September 17, 2005 · 9:47 AM PDT

2005/09/17 · 09:47

For those of you interested, Senator Barack Obama is giving the keynote address at the Harvard Law School Celebration of Black Alumni. To view the webcast click here and follow the link. Be warned, though, RealPlayer is required. Read More

Patrick Ruffini has a Short Memory

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Wednesday August 10, 2005 · 8:02 AM PDT

2005/08/10 · 08:02

Way back in June, Republican blogger and former Bush/Cheney Webmaster Patrick Ruffini made fun of the Daily Kos presidential straw poll. He used the fact that we picked Wes Clark over Hillary Clinton as just more evidence that we were just wasting our energy here. Later, when Ruffini conducted his own straw poll, he scoffed that his would be relevant, in contrast to ours.

Now, along comes Gallup's 2008 GOP primary poll, which Ruffini helfully puts alongside his own results. According to Gallup, Rudy Giuliani is polling in first, ahead of John McCain. According to Ruffini's poll of right-wing bloggers, George Allen is ahead of Giuliani with McCain polling near the bottom of the pack. Nowhere, however, does he mention this discrepency, except to point out that "George Allen is in the sleeper role, with plenty of upside potential".

Dean on Mass Dems Platform Change

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Tuesday May 10, 2005 · 8:27 AM PDT

2005/05/10 · 08:27

I hate to open this can of worms again, but the Boston Herald has an article today where they briefly interview DNC chair Howard Dean, who will be in Lowell this weekend for the Democratic platform convention. Dean, who like Senator Kerry opposes gay marriage but supports civil unions, had the following to say about the proposed changes to the Massachusetts Democratic party platform:

Dean refused to take a stand on the support for gay marriage in the state party's platform - a plank U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) called a "mistake." Instead, Dean repeated his view that each state should sort out the controversy, saying Bay State Democrats "ought to be able to do what they want at their own convention."

That's all I wanted from Kerry -- not an endorsement of marriage equality, but an acknowledgement that the delegates at the platform convention had a right to add whatever language the majority of them wanted. Read More

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