I saw many people of faith actively take part in the pro-marriage equality side of the street in the rallies in front of the Massachusetts statehouse in Boston any number of times. I was personally in the rallies for MA marriage equality again and again and volunteered in MassEquality’s office several times entering data even though I am a Maryland resident. I cared very much about fight for marriage equality in MA as it was a hard fight to get marriage equality there and great deal of worry as to whether not marriage equality would survive the constitutional referendum process in Mass. It needed to pass the legislature in 2 different legislative sessions each time before finally going to the voters. Fortunately even though the amendment to kill marriage equality passed the 1st session, the MA gay community had good friends in the MA legislature who obviously felt that it was not right to put a minority’s civil rights up for a majority vote. And so, MA marriage equality has survived in MA for 5 years now and MA has had a few years to get used to that.

But like I saw with my own 2 eyes, a lot of people of faith were repeatedly supporting the pro-marriage equality rallies in Boston in front of the MA statehouse time and time again. And the pro side of the street in front of the statehouse often outnumbered the anti side of the same street again and again.

And a number of the antigay MA legislators went down to defeat in elections and/or did not run for their seats again.

Connecticut gets to change its constitution once every 20 years. A very expensive total rewrite that CT voters recently rejected thus helping to secure CT gay marriage. I am now proud that I was born in CT.

From Vermont, I learned that VT does not have a referendum process unlike Maine. Rendering Maine vulnerable to attack but likely keeping marriage equality safe in VT for a while and hopefully keeping that scenically beautiful state that first started with civil unions from
being the focus of too much “unwanted” attention for a while. Unfortunately, New Jersey is under attack and Garden State Equality is desperate for funds and for NJ people to lobby their legislators in Trenton this coming Monday sicne the antigay side is seeking to aggressively lobby and to intimidate NJ legislators against NJ marriage equaity that very day. GSE just learned their opponents plans and are calling upon their supporters to keep Monday open for lobbying their NJ legislators from morning on through the day to get to their legislators as soon as possible.