Emile Goguen, representative from Fitchburg, MA, being a Democrat, has received my vote in the past.  Never again.  Emile Goguen does not represent my values, or values I consider democratic ones.  I never thought I'd be quoting Dick Cheney in a favorable light, but when he said (in reference to gay marriage) "Freedom means freedom for everyone not just some" he espoused an ideal that forms part of the bedrock of the Democratic Party.  Why am I on about Emile Goguen?  Witness...

From Emile Goguen Begins Campaign to Remove Gay Marriage (MassNews.com):

...I’m Rep Emile Goguen, Democrat, Fitchburg.

We can end gay marriage immediately. My Resolution will Remove the four unelected lawyers who voted to impose gay marriage. With them gone, gay marriage will be banished forever...

...Judge Marshall is blamed by most national Democrats for the loss of the Presidential election, but she remains in office. She and her three allies must be removed.

It would be tragic to fracture the state with a divisive vote in the legislature. Instead, let’s encourage Judge Marshall and friends to resign now. Then their million-dollar pensions will not be at risk. It’s time to begin the healing process. Help encourage those four judges to voluntarily leave...

How more disgusting can this possibly get?  Let's not fracture the state, let's not be divisive, oh yeah, and fuck all you gay people.  The 'news' site is a mishmash painfully biased right-wing shlock, but the words are Goguen's and have been appearing in radio ads for weeks now.

Mr. Goguen, you disgust me, and you betray the ideals of the Democratic party when you go up against freedom.  You are on the wrong side sir.  This is western Massachusetts, not west Texas... we're not all evangelicals out this way.  Why don't you just switch parties now and get it over with?  We'll be better off without you.

If anyone should resign it's you.  The Democratic party doesn't need to be split right now.  Thanks a bunch for starting one.

IMNSHO you cannot call yourself a Democrat and be against granting two consenting adults who are in love the right to marry.  Shame on you sir.  Shame on you for turning this into western mass versus Boston issue, shame on you for trying to turn this into election issue.  Shame on me for not having a better understanding of who you are and what you represent when I was last in the voting booth.

This is one democrat who's vote you will never receive again.  You want to make war on gay marriage?  Not in my name!