New Marriage Amendment Might Be Destroyed by GLAD if Margaret Marshall Is Not Removed Immediately
            The homosexual law firm, GLAD, which is a close friend of Chief Justice Margaret Marshall has announced that it will be filing a lawsuit in January to "challenge" the new Amendment to ban gay marriage, which has just obtained 123,356 signatures.
            The law firm is the one which obtained a 4-3 ruling in Nov. 2003 that gay marriage must be allowed in Massachusetts. Those lawyers operate under the leadership of Marshall's close friend, Atty. Mary Bonauto. A famous 1999 photo shows Marshall, while dressed in her official court robes publicly promising Bonauto at the Annual Banquet of the "Massachusetts Gay & Lesbian Bar Association" that GLAD would win a lawsuit for gay marriage if it were brought in this state.
            Those friends of the Chief Justice who work at GLAD are now saying our state Constitution does not allow citizens to present a petition that seeks the "reversal of a judicial decision" such as Marshall's ruling on gay marriage.
            Attorneys are concerned because the proposed Amendment does seek the "reversal" of Marshall's decision.
            But the much more serious problem is that it really doesn't matter whether the lawsuit makes sense because the one who will be deciding that question will be Margaret Marshall and her three accomplices. Their decision cannot be easily appealed to a federal court because this is a state issue and the highest person in this state is Chief Justice Marshall.
            Very Serious Problem
            The attorneys at Massachusetts Citizens for Marriage (MCM) tell MassNews that this creates a serious problem for the Marriage Amendment, which is supported by MCM as a backup if Rep. Emile Goguen's (D-Fitchburg) plan is unsuccessful to end gay marriage immediately, this year, by removing Marshall and the three Associate Justices who signed her Ruling.
            The attorneys say that Marshall can do anything she wishes as long as she is still in office.
            They say that the political reality is that the Catholic Church dominates the entire state with 80% of the legislators being members of the Church. The problem now is that the Church is having internal squabbles which no one appears able to solve. The Archdiocese of Boston is apparently going in a different direction than Worcester, Fall River and Springfield.
            Rep. Goguen, a Catholic and a 15-year veteran in the Legislature, is applauded throughout Worcester County by both the laity and the priests. However, he has received no support at all from Boston. The "official" reasoning has been that his plan doesn't stand a chance of passing, which causes most observers to agree that it will never pass if Boston continues to oppose it for whatever reason. Many are hoping that this will cause the two factions to come together for the good of all.
            Full text of the GLAD announcement can be read by clicking here.