Brian-
I would hope that the efforts of the Annual Meeting Committee are not thrown aside over this issue.
I would like to make two suggestions. One, get a group to picket in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston during the meeting expressing your suypport of Gay Marriages. Two, during the attempts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, a resolution was passed by AALL that it would not meet in any state that did not vote in favor of the ERA. For that reason for example, the meeting did not meet in Chicago for many years. Why not go to Boston and protest in front of the State House and attend the business meeting of AALL and put forth a resolution that AALL would not meet in any city that did not support a gay marriage ordinance.
Such a resolution would bring with it an economic boycott of jurisdiction not favoring Gay Marriages and I would suggest severely limit the number of places that AALL could meet should the membership adopt such a measure.
While I might support some sort of Gay Civil Union and I am opposed to Gay MARRIAGES.
Bob Doyle
Retired
From: Baker, Brian L. [mailto:bbaker@udc.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 11:20 AM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: AALL, Boston, and the Massachusetts State Legislature's action
to ban Gay Marriage.
Colleagues,
I am very concerned about the important Civil Rights issue of Gay
Marriage. I am also concerned about whether holding the AALL Annual
Meeting in Boston this Summer would be providing some support to the
anti Gay Marriage position.
I know an unbelievable amount of hard work has gone into this Annual
Meeting. I understand that the timing of the Massachusetts
Legislature's actions are unfortunate.
I also know that I, for one, am hesitant about providing tax dollars to
support such a narrow minded legislature.
I am surprised that there has not been a call to boycott Boston over
this issue.
Am I out of step?
Shouldn't this be a topic for reasoned discussion?
Sincerely,
Brian
Brian L. Baker, JD, MLS
Director of the Law Library
& Assistant Professor of Law
UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Voice: 202-274-7354 Fax: 202-274-7311
bbaker@udc.edu
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