Sunday, November 19, 2006
It's not about Gay Marriage, It's about the Constitution
The Constitution of the Soverign Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the oldest active constitution in the world, prescribes the way in one may change said Constitution. It doesn't matter what the hell the amendment is, this is not about Gay Marriage, the amendment could be to make kumquats available for sale only on the third Thursday of every month, and my argument would be the same.
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts states that if a certain number of signatures are gathered for an initiative to change the Constituion then the legislature, MUST go into Constitutional Convention and SHALL vote, not may vote, not can vote, but SHALL vote
on said amendment. Only a plurality of the constitutional convention votes is required in two consecutive constitutional conventions to put the vote to the people. The proponents of the gay marriage amendment have the necessary plurality. However the Speaker of the House has
used procedural tactics to delay a vote and now basically kill the vote. The legislature is done at 12 am on January 3, 2006. The constiutional convention voted by a slim majority to "recess" not adjourn, but "recess" until the January 2. By recessing and not adjourning the Governor, and the Supreme Judicial Court(who has ruled they must vote on the pending amendment), have no legal recourse to call the convention back into session. This is a clear violation of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth and how the government of the Commonwealth is supposed to run.
Why is Sal Dimasi so hell bent on destroying the Constitution of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts?
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts states that if a certain number of signatures are gathered for an initiative to change the Constituion then the legislature, MUST go into Constitutional Convention and SHALL vote, not may vote, not can vote, but SHALL vote
on said amendment. Only a plurality of the constitutional convention votes is required in two consecutive constitutional conventions to put the vote to the people. The proponents of the gay marriage amendment have the necessary plurality. However the Speaker of the House has
used procedural tactics to delay a vote and now basically kill the vote. The legislature is done at 12 am on January 3, 2006. The constiutional convention voted by a slim majority to "recess" not adjourn, but "recess" until the January 2. By recessing and not adjourning the Governor, and the Supreme Judicial Court(who has ruled they must vote on the pending amendment), have no legal recourse to call the convention back into session. This is a clear violation of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth and how the government of the Commonwealth is supposed to run.
Why is Sal Dimasi so hell bent on destroying the Constitution of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts?
