Editorial
Don’t Forget July 17, 2002

Most of The Lawbreakers Who Spat on Our Democracy in 2002 Are Still on Beacon Hill

       We remembered Pearl Harbor all through World War II as a day that would live in infamy.

     So must we remember 2002 as the time when the majority in the Massachusetts Legislature violated the state Constitution and no one appeared to care, except for the people.

     The majority of the politicians, under the direction of Sen. Tom Birmingham, refused to allow a vote to take place on the “Protection of Marriage Amendment” on July 17 of that year. They knew that that Amendment would prevent Margaret Marshall and the Supreme Judicial Court from forcing homosexual “marriage” upon the state as they are attempting to do now.

      Rep. Travis reminded a gathering last week that the reason the bad politicians did so was because they knew we were going to get more than the 25% necessary to send the Amendment to the people.

     It’s amazing, but true, that Judge Marshall and the other six members of the SJC unanimously told the Legislature on Dec. 20, 2002 that the majority of them had spat on our Constitution.

     But Marshall also told us then that there was nothing they or anyone could do about that despicable act. This, of course, cleared the road for Marshall to go ahead with her own plan, in collaboration with Pinch Sulzberger, to force homosexual marriage on our state.

     Most of those lawbreakers who spat on our democracy in 2002 are still on Beacon Hill. Perhaps when you talk with your state Senator and Rep, you should ask if he or she is one of them. You should also say that whether they vote this week to attempt to remove some of that indelible stain from their souls will be noted by the voters. We all know that if they had allowed a vote, we would not be threatened by homosexual marriage today. We would not be forced to spend so many hours of our time, and so much of our money, trying to restore our democracy. We should be crass and help the politicians remember where Tom Birmingham is today.

     Let them know the world will be closely watching each of them this week to see if a spark of democracy remains at the State House.