Gay Marriage-Roll Call
Here's how members of the Legislature voted on a proposed 2008 ballot question that would ban gay marriage. The vote was 61-132 in favor of advancing the proposed constitutional amendment, but only 50 votes were needed to move it to a second constitutional convention this year. A "yes" vote was in favor of the ballot question; a "no" vote was against it.
HOUSE:
Cory Atkins, D-Concord - N
Demetrius J. Atsalis, D-Hyannis - N
Bruce J. Ayers, D-Quincy - Y
Ruth B. Balser, D-Newton - N
John J. Binienda, D-Worcester - Y
Daniel E. Bosley, D-North Adams - X
Garrett J. Bradley, D-Hingham - N
Arthur J. Broadhurst, D-Methuen - N
Antonio F. D. Cabral, D-New Bedford - N
Jennifer M. Callahan, D-Sutton - N
Christine E. Canavan, D-Brockton - Y
Gale D. Candaras, D-Wilbraham - Y
Stephen R. Canessa, D-New Bedford - N
Mark J. Carron, D-Southbridge - Y
Paul C. Casey, D-Winchester - Y
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera, D-Springfield - N
Virginia Coppola, R-Foxborough - Y
Robert Correia, D-Fall River - Y
Michael A. Costello, D-Newburyport - N
Robert K. Coughlin, D-Dedham - N
Geraldine Creedon, D-Brockton - Y
Sean Curran, D-Springfield - Y
Robert A. DeLeo, D-Winthrop - N
Viriato Manuel deMacedo, R-Plymouth - Y
Brian S. Dempsey, D-Haverhill - N
Salvatore F. DiMasi, D-Boston - N
Paul J. Donato, D-Medford - Y
Christopher J. Donelan, D-Orange - N
Joseph R. Driscoll, D-Braintree - N
James B. Eldridge, D-Acton - N
Lewis G. Evangelidis, R-Holden - Y
James H. Fagan, D-Taunton - Y
Christopher G. Fallon, D-Malden - N
Mark V. Falzone, D-Saugus - N
Robert F. Fennell, D-Lynn - N
Michael E. Festa, D-Melrose - N
Barry R. Finegold, D-Andover - N
Jennifer Flanagan, D-Leominster - N
David L. Flynn, D-Bridgewater - Y
Linda Dorcena Forry, D-Boston - N
Gloria L. Fox, D-Boston - N
John P. Fresolo, D-Worcester - Y
Paul K. Frost, R-Auburn - Y
William C. Galvin, D-Canton - N
Colleen M. Garry, D-Dracut - Y
Susan W. Gifford, R-Wareham - Y
Anne M. Gobi, D-Spencer - N
Emile J. Goguen, D-Fitchburg - Y
Thomas A. Golden Jr., D-Lowell - N
Shirley Gomes, R-South Harwich - Y
Mary E. Grant, D-Beverly - N
William G. Greene Jr., D-Billerica - Y
Dennis Guyer, D-Dalton - N
Patricia A. Haddad, D-Somerset - N
Geoffrey D. Hall, D-Westford - N
Robert S. Hargraves, R-Groton - Y
Lida E. Harkins, D-Needham - N
Bradford Hill, R-Ipswich - N
Kevin G. Honan, D-Boston - N
Donald F. Humason Jr., R-Westfield - Y
Frank M. Hynes, D-Marshfield - Y
Bradley H. Jones Jr., R-North Reading - N
Louis L. Kafka, D-Sharon - N
Michael F. Kane, D-Holyoke - Y
Rachel Kaprielian, D-Watertown - N
Jay R. Kaufman, D-Lexington - N
John Keenan, D-Salem - N
Thomas P. Kennedy, D-Brockton - N
Kay Khan, D-Newton - N
Peter V. Kocot, D-Florence - N
Robert M. Koczera, D-New Bedford - N
Peter J. Koutoujian, D-Waltham - N
Paul Kujawski, D-Webster - Y
Stephen Kulik, D-Worthington - N
William Lantigua, D-Lawrence - Y
James Brendan Leary, D-Worcester - N
Stephen P. LeDuc, D-Marlboro - N
John A. Lepper, R-Attleboro - Y
David P. Linsky, D-Natick - N
Barbara A. L'Italien, D-Andover - N
Paul J. Loscocco, R-Holliston - Y
Elizabeth A. Malia, D-Boston - N
Ronald Mariano, D-Quincy - N
James J. Marzilli Jr., D-Arlington - N
James R. Miceli, D-Wilmington - Y
Michael J. Moran, D-Boston - N
Charles A. Murphy, D-Burlington - N
James M. Murphy, D-Weymouth - Y
Kevin J. Murphy, D-Lowell - N
David M. Nangle, D-Lowell - Y
Patrick Natale, D-Woburn - N
Harold P. Naughton Jr., D-Clinton - N
Robert J. Nyman, D-Hanover - Y
Thomas J. O'Brien, D-Kingston - N
Eugene L. O'Flaherty, D-Chelsea - N
Shirley Owens-Hicks, D-Boston - X
Marie J. Parente, D-Milford - Y
Matthew Patrick, D-Falmouth - N
Anne M. Paulsen, D-Belmont - N
Vincent A. Pedone, D-Worcester - N
Alice H. Peisch, D-Wellesley - N
Jeffrey D. Perry, R-Sandwich - Y
Douglas W. Petersen, D-Marblehead - N
George N. Peterson Jr., R-Grafton - Y
Thomas M. Petrolati, D-Ludlow - Y
Anthony Petruccelli, D-Boston - N
William "Smitty" Pignatelli, D-Lenox - X
Elizabeth A. Poirier, R-North Attleboro - Y
Karyn E. Polito, R-Shrewsbury - Y
Susan W. Pope, R-Wayland - Y
Denise Provost, D-Somerville - N
John F. Quinn, D-Dartmouth - N
Kathi-Anne Reinstein, D-Revere - N
Robert Rice, D-Gardner - N
Michael J. Rodrigues, D-Westport - N
Mary S. Rogeness, R-Longmeadow - Y
John H. Rogers, D-Norwood - N
Richard Ross, R-Wrentham - Y
Michael F. Rush, D-Boston - Y
Byron Rushing, D-Boston - N
Jeffrey Sanchez, D-Boston - N
Tom Sannicandro, D-Ashland - N
Angelo M. Scaccia, D-Boston - Y
John W. Scibak, D-South Hadley - N
Carl Sciortino, D-Somerville - N
Frank Israel Smizik, D-Brookline - N
Todd Smola, R-Palmer - Y
Theodore C. Speliotis, D-Danvers - N
Robert P. Spellane, D-Worcester - N
Christopher N. Speranzo - D-Springfield - N
Joyce A. Spiliotis, D-Peabody - Y
Harriett L. Stanley, D-West Newbury - N
Thomas M. Stanley, D-Waltham - N
Marie P. St.Fleur, D-Boston - N
Ellen Story, D-Amherst - N
William M. Straus, D-Mattapoisett - N
David B. Sullivan, D-Fall River - N
Benjamin Swan, D-Springfield - N
Kathleen M. Teahan, D-Whitman - N
Walter F. Timilty, D-Milton - Y
A. Stephen Tobin, D-Quincy - Y
Timothy J. Toomey Jr., D-Cambridge - N
David M. Torrisi, D-North Andover - N
Philip Travis, D-Rehoboth - Y
Eric Turkington, D-Falmouth - N
Cleon Turner, D-Dennis - N
James E. Vallee, D-Franklin - Y
Anthony J. Verga, D-Gloucester - Y
Joseph F. Wagner, D-Chicopee - N
Brian P. Wallace, D-Boston - Y
Patricia A. Walrath, D-Stow - N
Martin J. Walsh, D-Boston - N
Steven M. Walsh, D-Lynn - N
Marty Walz, D-Boston - N
Daniel K. Webster, R-Hanson - Y
James T. Welch, D-West Springfield - N
Alice K. Wolf, D-Cambridge - N
SENATE
Robert A. Antonioni, D-Leominster - N
Edward M. Augustus, D-Worcester - N
Steven A. Baddour, D-Methuen - N
Jarrett T. Barrios, D-Cambridge - N
Frederick E. Berry, D-Peabody - N
Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre - N
Scott P. Brown, R-Wrentham - Y
Stephen J. Buoniconti, D-West Springfield - N
Harriette L. Chandler, D-Worcester - N
Robert S. Creedon, D-Brockton - Y
Cynthia Stone Creem, D-Newton - N
Susan C. Fargo, D-Lincoln - N
John A. Hart, D-Boston - N
Robert A. Havern, D-Arlington - N
Robert L. Hedlund, R-Weymouth - Y
Patricia Jehlen, D-Somerville - N
Brian A. Joyce, D-Milton - N
Michael R. Knapik, R-Westfield - N
Brian P. Lees, R-East Longmeadow - N
Thomas M McGee, D-Lynn - N
Joan M. Menard, D-Somerset - N
Mark C. Montigny, D-New Bedford - N
Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge - Y
Michael W. Morrissey, D-Quincy - Y
Therese Murray, D-Plymouth - N
Andrea F. Nuciforo, D-Pittsfield - X
Robert D. O'Leary, D-Barnstable - N
Marc R. Pacheco, D-Taunton - N
Steven C. Panagiotakos, D-Lowell - Y
Pamela P. Resor, D-Acton - N
Stanley C. Rosenberg, D-Amherst - N
Karen E. Spilka, D-Ashland - N
Bruce E. Tarr, R-Gloucester - N
James E. Timilty, D-Walpole - N
Richard R. Tisei, R-Wakefield - N
Steve A. Tolman, D-Boston - N
Robert E. Travaglini, D-Boston - Y
Susan C. Tucker, D-Andover - N
Marian Walsh, D-West Roxbury - N
Dianne Wilkerson, D-Boston - N
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N no
Y yes
X not voting
P present
