Victory for Same-Sex Marriage in Massachusetts

[Paul Finkelman]

If I misread your post I am sorry; I thought it was in response to claim
that a 170,000 of people had petitioned for a constitutional referrendum
on the issue and this was denying them their democratic rights.  I
misread your post, which said, and I quote from it:

"A different perspective can be found in the Catholic bishops' response
to the vote:  'Ignoring the will of more than 170,000 people who signed
the marriage petition and blocking the people from exercising their
right to vote is tragic.  In the Commonwealth, our state laws provide
for the process whereby the citizens have a right to vote on a
constitutional amendment.'"  [Ihave added the internal quotations, which
did not show up on my server.]   Somehow, I mistakenly believed that you
had writtent that 170,000 people were being denied their rights; and
that you believed this to be the case.   

SInce it is now clear that you are not endorsing the perspective of the
Bishops and that you did not want to see a refererrendum on this issue,
I apologize for inadvertantly thinking that you did endorse this
position.  

Paul Finkelman
President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
     and Public Policy
Albany Law School
80 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, New York   12208-3494

518-445-3386 
pfink at albanylaw.edu
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