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To: Road Walker who wrote (311901)	11/23/2006 10:07:59 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573921

you can't have it both ways John.

To: Road Walker who wrote (311901)	11/24/2006 12:19:06 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573921

Force works every time it is applied. Not much force being applied these days. Kill 'em all. That'll work. Then just take the oil. Forget all this conservation bull shit. You are a good American Steve. You have to wonder what is the color of the fukking koolaid he drinks.

To: Road Walker who wrote (311901)	11/24/2006 4:39:15 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573921

Well Romney is definitely running for president. With Republicans you can always tell, they take an issue lacking much substance and go nuts over it. Like the ones on this thread, they think the vote didn't go their way because of bush. If only that were true............ Romney asks court to force gay marriage question onto 2008 ballot By David Weber, Associated Press Writer \| November 24, 2006 BOSTON --Gov. Mitt Romney, a fierce opponent of gay marriage and possible presidential contender, on Friday asked Massachusetts' highest court to force a proposed anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment onto the state's 2008 ballot. Romney filed the request with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court -- the same court that ruled 4-3 in 2003 that the state could no longer deny marriage licenses to gay couples -- after lawmakers postponed action on the question until January. The move by lawmakers was widely seen by supporters and opponents of gay marriage as a way to kill the measure. Romney is asking the court to order the Massachusetts secretary of state to put the question on the 2008 ballot if lawmakers fail to take action when they return on Jan. 2, the last day of the legislative session. Backers of the question, which would define marriage in Massachusetts as the union of a man and a woman, gathered more than 170,000 signatures of people in support of the proposed amendment, which would ban future gay marriages in Massachusetts but leave existing same-sex marriages intact. Under the constitution, the question needed the backing of just 50 of 200 lawmakers in the current two-year legislative session. It would come up for a second vote in the new legislative session in 2007, where it would also need the backing of 50 lawmakers. Opponents of the question, including powerful House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, D-Boston, feared they didn't have the 151 votes needed to kill the measure and instead called for a vote to recess the joint House-Senate session from Nov. 9 until Jan. 2. Lawmakers approved the recess vote by a majority of 109-87. The decision to recess rather than end the joint session, known as a constitutional convention, limited Romney's options. If lawmakers had ended the session, Romney could have called them back into session, but could not have forced a vote. Romney publicly criticized and said the state Constitution requires they take a vote on whether the question should go before voters. Romney, who is nearing a decision on whether to jump into the 2008 race for the Republican presidential nomination, publicly denounced the recess vote at a recent Statehouse rally. Supporters of the proposed amendment say marriage is a fundamental building block of society and voters -- not a single judge majority -- should decided whether to change the definition. Backers of gay marriage say minority civil rights should never be put to a popular vote. Since gay marriage became legal, more than 8,000 same-sex couples have tied the knot in Massachusetts, the only state to allow gay marriage. The Legislature grappled with efforts to ban same-sex marriages before the high court ruling. In 2002, lawmakers refused to vote on a citizens' initiative that would have banned gay marriage. Two years later, they voted down their own proposed amendment that would have banned gay marriage and legalized civil unions. In the November elections, amendments to ban gay marriage passed in Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. Only Arizona defeated such an amendment. Vermont and Connecticut have legalized civil unions that give same-sex couples benefits similar to marriage. New Jersey's highest court has ordered the Legislature to allow either marriage or civil unions for same-sex couples. © Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. boston.com