A Massachusetts pro-family advocate finds it "very distressing" that two pro-family groups in the state are choosing not to join in an effort to challenge the Legislature's repeal of a 1913 law that barred out-of-state homosexual couples from getting married in the Bay State.
MassResistance is seeking to collect enough signatures for a referendum petition that would allow Massachusetts residents to vote on the Legislature’s decision to repeal the "1913 law." However, two conservative groups -- Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI) and Catholic Citizenship -- say they will not join in the referendum effort. MFI says it wants to focus instead on promoting "positive pro-family legislation," and argues the "repeal will have a greater impact outside the state than at home." MassResistance director Brian Camenker labels as "horrible" MFI's reasons for not taking part in the referendum effort. "This is the sad, sorry state of conservative pro-family movement in America," he laments. "There are too many groups that are afraid of having the liberal press call them names or afraid of being called 'extremist,' or afraid of taking on the homosexual movement. They want it easy -- and it's just not going to be easy unfortunately.” Camenker says another conservative group in Massachusetts, the Catholic Action League, has offered to help MassResistance with the referendum petition effort. They need to gather more than 33,000 signatures by October 29 to get the issue on the November 2010 ballot. (See earlier article)
MassResistance is seeking to collect enough signatures for a referendum petition that would allow Massachusetts residents to vote on the Legislature’s decision to repeal the "1913 law." However, two conservative groups -- Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI) and Catholic Citizenship -- say they will not join in the referendum effort. MFI says it wants to focus instead on promoting "positive pro-family legislation," and argues the "repeal will have a greater impact outside the state than at home."
MassResistance director Brian Camenker labels as "horrible" MFI's reasons for not taking part in the referendum effort. "This is the sad, sorry state of conservative pro-family movement in America," he laments. "There are too many groups that are afraid of having the liberal press call them names or afraid of being called 'extremist,' or afraid of taking on the homosexual movement. They want it easy -- and it's just not going to be easy unfortunately.”
Camenker says another conservative group in Massachusetts, the Catholic Action League, has offered to help MassResistance with the referendum petition effort. They need to gather more than 33,000 signatures by October 29 to get the issue on the November 2010 ballot. (See earlier article)
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