06/11/2007
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick First to March with Pride
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick became the first governor of that state to march in a gay pride parade on Saturday which he did alongside his daughter Katherine and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
Patrick is working feverishly, along with other lawmakers, to sway the legislature and keep a divisive proposal to ban gay marriage in that state off the ballot. The measure comes up for a vote this week.
From WCVB in Boston: "The man who will be under the gun will be House Speaker Sal DiMasi, a supporter of gay marriage. He has three days before a scheduled Constitutional Convention to convince enough lawmakers to vote against the proposed amendment. Back in January, when the plan won enough votes to move forward, most of the votes came from the House, but the margin in favor of the ban has narrowed, according to newspaper reports. Thursday, it would take at least 50 votes or one quarter of the Legislature, to vote in favor of the amendment for it to move forward. It must be approved in two consecutive sessions to win a place on the ballot."
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Posted 9:23 AM EST by Andy in Deval Patrick, Gay Marriage, Gay Pride, Gay Rights, Massachusetts, News | Permalink
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that's awesome!
Posted by: FanGirlHater | Jun 11, 2007 9:45:50 AM
The man is a class act. We have a pretty good governor here in Pennsylvania, but Gov. Patrick has good looks as well as brains. Our Gov. Rendell just has brains. And if that sounds shallow...so.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Jun 11, 2007 12:09:25 PM
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick would make a great vice president.
Posted by: PC | Jun 11, 2007 12:23:32 PM
Tsk, tsk. Andy, if you want to know the scoop of what's going on in Massachusetts, ask the bloggers next time - not WCVB.
Sheesh!
The person holding all the strings here is the SENATE PRESIDENT. With a swish of her fingers, she could make this all go away. She presides over the entire Constitutional Convention and weilds a tremendous amount of power, including what motions are taken into consideration and what aren't. With a simple motion, she could kill this amendment procedurally for at least two years. It would take her seconds.
Instead, she won't. She says it should have an up or down vote, but just last December the leadership of the legislature killed a Health Care amendment using procedure.
She says she supports equality, but isn't showing it. I wish the national blogs would call attention to this, because we only have two days before the big day!
Posted by: Ryan | Jun 11, 2007 12:24:27 PM
Now if we could just get this guy in the white house........
Posted by: Benjamin | Jun 12, 2007 5:43:48 AM