"Marc Solomon" is a gay rights advocate. He is the national campaign director of Freedom to Marry, a group favoring same-sex marriage in the United States. Solomon is author of the forthcoming book [http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Marriage-Same-Sex-Couples-Politicians/dp/1611684013 Winning Marriage: The Inside Story of How Same-Sex Couples Took on the Politicians and Pundits—and Won] (ForeEdge, publication date November 12, 2014). As executive director of MassEquality from 2006 through 2009, he led the campaign to defeat a constitutional amendment that would have reversed Massachusetts’ same-sex marriage court ruling.

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We care about this process. We can't let this amendment move forward.

It just hasn't had an impact on the majority of citizens of Massachusetts other than gays and lesbians.

Clearly, 2,000 people can't all be stupid, which is what petition organizers keep saying. This process was flawed from the beginning, driven more by extreme politics than by the grassroots. We know we can't stop the petition from advancing to the Legislature, but this is wrong, plain and simple.

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We completely respect people's right to worship. However, we are very concerned that the church hierarchy has made taking away marriage equality _ and replacing it with nothing else _ such a high priority.