All politics are local... part III

The bishops of Massachusetts quickly issued a statement [HERE] in response to the Massachusetts legislature's denial of the referendum on the definition of marriage. Will more action follow? In the meantime, we may reflect on the frank words of the bishops:

In the Commonwealth, our state laws provide for the process whereby the citizens have a right to vote on a constitutional amendment. However, the leadership of the Democratic Party refuses to allow citizens and elected officials to vote their conscience on social issues. Their ideological positions undermine the common good. Today, the common good has been sacrificed by the extreme individualism that subordinates what is best for children, families and society... The question for those elected officials who opposed allowing the marriage amendment to be voted on by the people is: do we live in a country where people are free to vote their conscience or are we controlled by what is viewed as politically correct and by powerful special interest groups?

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