Homosexual Activists Fail to Defeat Incumbents Who Are Battling Gay Marriage Despite Spending Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Futile Attempt; Seven Were Targeted

       The homosexual activists who named and targeted seven incumbents a month ago failed to defeat any of them in yesterday’s election, which sent the strong --- but unintended message --- that any legislator can vote as he wishes on gay marriage without fear of reprisal.
       But homosexual activists did demonstrate that some of them will fight dirty and nasty, even breaking the law with physical violence if the police permit that.
       Six of the seven who were targeted were easily reelected, while the police in Somerville looked the other way as Rep. Vinnie Ciampa battled the homosexual, Carl Sciortino, who is challenging him. The Rep’s uncle was rushed to the hospital late in the day after a confrontation with Sciortino supporters.
       Because Ciampa is no longer the legal owner of the title after being defeated in the primary by a razor-thin margin, causing him to run a sticker campaign, the media did not treat this as a contested race and has not yet posted the vote count for each.
       The count will probably remain in doubt for the next 10 days while lawyers examine each ballot. Rep. Ciampa said the outcome will remain up in the air until the stickered voting forms have been inspected. But there was little doubt in his mind about the conduct of his opponent and his supporters at polling places in Somerville and Medford.

Dirtiest Campaign Ever Seen
       “Sciortino and his crowd displayed the dirtiest campaign that I have ever seen,” Ciampa told his supporters in a crowded Medford restaurant.
       “They blocked you,” one Ciampa poll worker said.  “You would be trying to answer a question from someone and they would step in front of you or bump into you.  They were really brazen and did everything they could to harass and intimidate you.
       “The cops just watch.”
       Thelma Ciampa, the representative’s wife, echoed her husband’s sentiment. “These are the nastiest, angriest group of people I have ever seen.   They kept saying to me ‘How does it feel to sleep with a gay basher, a homophobe?’ I have never seen anything like it.”

Same Dirty Tricks as “Blockers” in 2002
       James Lafferty, a consultant with the Massachusetts Citizens for Marriage, said the homosexual lobby is up to the same dirty tricks it pulled during the fight over the Protection of Marriage Amendment in 2002.
       “They blocked people trying to sign a petition.   They followed them to their cars and bumped into them.  They didn’t care if these were older women – they roughed them up.
       “Representative Ciampa and his supporters received a first-hand experience today in what it is to deal with thugs who have no respect for the law or representative government. Politically, they have intimidated most of the lawmakers, many of the judges and the police are afraid to enforce even the most basic laws against them.
       “Representative Ciampa, his wife and his supporters, showed a great deal of courage in standing up to them – that is a lot more than most lawmakers, judges and law enforcement people will do. 
       “The ballots should be examined carefully because the tentacles of the
homosexual lobby reach into every corner of  Massachusetts government.   They lie and the government officials just nod.”