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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Wed Apr 1, 2015, 07:23 PM Apr 2015

Mass. Lt. Gov. Polito to Officiate at Same-Sex Marriage of Senate Leader [View all]

Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, a one-time staunch opponent of gay marriage, will officiate at the wedding of state Senate President Stan Rosenberg to his partner Bryon Hefner, Rosenberg confirmed on Wednesday.

Rosenberg, an Amherst Democrat, is the first openly gay person to lead a legislative chamber in Massachusetts. He was elected Senate president by his colleagues in January.

"We plan on keeping the details of the wedding private, but we are pleased that Karyn Polito has agreed to officiate this happy occasion," Rosenberg said in a one-sentence statement released by his office.

As a member of the state House of Representatives, Polito cast several votes between 2004 and 2007 in favor of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to ban gay marriage in Massachusetts.

http://www.necn.com/news/politics/Mass-Lt-Gov-Polito-to-Officiate-at-Same-Sex-Marriage-of-Senate-Leader-298350371.html

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Mass. Lt. Gov. Polito to Officiate at Same-Sex Marriage of Senate Leader [View all] SecularMotion Apr 2015 OP

Politically expedient? n/t Paper Roses Apr 2015 #1

It's the law of the Commonwealth, but most Republicans would prefer that it was not. MADem Apr 2015 #2