AFL-CIO Dictating to Massachusetts Legislature Again About Homosexuality
            Before the Constitutional Convention on gay marriage convened a little over a week ago on July 12, the AFL-CIO had already warned the legislators they must vote in favor of gay marriage. They did so by endorsing the opponents of five Democrat Reps who have announced they are against gay marriage.
            For everyone else the union is withholding their endorsements until September, a clear signal that the vote on gay marriage is a litmus test for a union endorsement.          
            This is reminiscent of 2002 when the legislature voted to help gay marriage by violating the state Constitution. They simply adjourned before taking a vote (which they were required to do) on the Constitutional Amendment which was before them. While they were voting, a low chant was heard throughout the Chamber, “this is a labor vote. . . this is a labor vote. . . this is a labor vote . . .” Many people had been frightened by the menacing thugs who appeared at the State House in preceding days telling everyone that this was a union vote.