Yes it was cold! I liked Don Feder too. He was introduced as a " Jewish right-wing kook" or something like that and he said he appreciated the title. He gave us some Jewish history of how we learned about marriage from the Jews, people like Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and Leah, etc.
He told how the Jews gave the world a moral base in which marriage was sacred and to pass this new definition of marriage would be the equivalent of going back to the land of the Canaanites. He gave Christians credit for Westernizing the concept of marriage.
The lady from CWA was very passionate and effective in her defense of marriage. Retired MA Supreme Court Justice Nolan was very forthright about marriage being a God given blessing to one man and one woman, not simply a right to be bestowed on whomever by the State of Massachusetts. He urged us to pray to God [and the mother of God] that marriage might remain a sacred institution composed of one man one woman.
A strong statement from Dr. Dobson was read
Seamole and I stood together at the rally, along with Rod [from the Meetup on last Tuesday]. Rod hasn't joined FR yet for some reason.
The coverage I watched after coming home made it look like the two sides [us and them] were equally represented at the rally. Not so at all. Whenever they started to be disruptive with their singing or whatever we began to chant "Let the people vote!" I brought a sign that simply said "One Man One Woman" which was pretty much the rally cry of the event as well.
I guessed there were five thousand demonstrating in favor of letting the representatives vote on this change in the definition of marriage.
Ray Flynn said the tide is turning our way and he felt that we must continue to contact our reps this week to let them know we want to vote!!!!
Lots of diversity in the crowd; old, young and all races. Bishop O'Malley spoke a word in Spanish for the Hispanics in attendance. Nice touch.
Wish I had hooked up with some other FReepers. Missed Electric's large American flag as a meeting place. Finishing with God Bless America was a meaningful touch.
Thanks all,
Thirsty
Don't Forget to call your legislators and tell them,
Vote on Wednesday February 11th to:
"Let the People Vote!!!!Let the People Vote!!!!Let the People Vote!!!!Let the People Vote!!!!Let the People Vote!!!!"