Massachusetss could face an "angry, divisive" fight if a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage reaches the 2008 state ballot, Rep. Barney Frank says.That full marriage rights were extended to the LGBT community in Massachusetts, and the entire state didn’t immediately implode, is homobigot anti-marriage crusaders’ worst nightmare. God forbid there might be actual evidence (beyond common fucking sense) that legalizing gay marriage doesn’t immediately compel the Apocalypse.
The congressman blamed backers of the initiative petition for trying to provoke a new fight despite a lack of controversy over same-sex marriage.
"Basically, they're the disturbers of the civic peace," the Democrat said in a wide-ranging Associated Press interview Thursday. "We now have social peace in Massachusetts. They're the ones who want to stir it up ... This is a non-issue in Massachusetts."
Frankly Speaking
Good characterization of the anti-gay crusaders who can’t give up the ghost in Massachusetts:
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