Defeated Columbus Center is an orphan with a thousand fathers - South End News

Defeated Columbus Center is an orphan with a thousand fathers South End News, MA - Aug 13, 2008 House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, South End State Representative Byron Rushing and Back Bay State Representative Marty Walz each spoke out against public ...

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SBLI weighs move from state - Woburn Advocate

SBLI weighs move from state Woburn Advocate, MA - Aug 20, 2008 Byron Rushing, D-Boston, Marie St. Fleur, D-Boston, Antonio Cabral, D-New Bedford, and Alice Wolf, D-Cambridge, when the House debated the bill on July 23. ...

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Coalition of the unwilling? - EDGE Boston

Coalition of the unwilling? EDGE Boston, MA - Aug 9, 2008 ... complaints about being ignored by MassEquality but said, "I was working closely with the Speaker’s office and [Rep.] Byron Rushing on the bill. ...

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Wickedness Prevails... But Not For Long

Now is the time to act. We need you to email your state Representative and urge her/him to support the repeal." In his speech, Byron Rushing, their point man in the House, mentioned it twice. It also seriously affected their strategy: ...

source: Between the Eyes

Ferdinand Time Capsule Reveal

The ceremony featured about 20 minutes of speeches by the head of the BRA, the Mayor, and Representative Byron Rushing before the box was opened. Moments before the reveal, I knelt down at the side of the table and was instantly swarmed ...

source: The Third Decade

Crossing Borders, Expanding Equality, and Seeking Justice

Meanwhile in the legislature, over these past four years, African American leaders like Representative Byron Rushing and Senator Diane Wilkerson, along with legions of their allies, steeled themselves to wipe this vestige of racial ...

source: Beacon Broadside

Stories of the Uninsured - Hilary Brant

My problem would never have been solved if it weren’t for Representative Byron Rushing’s office. His Director of Constituent Services advised me to call Health Care for All, and even called ahead for me. At Health Care for All, ...

source: Commonhealth

Health Privacy: One Step Closer

We also extend our gratitude to Representative Byron Rushing and Senator Harriette Chandler for sponsoring amendments and to Senator Richard Moore and Representative Patricia Walrath for their insight and leadership. ...

source: AIDS Action Committee's Blog

The Long Goodbye

"I'm glad that we finally did it," said Representative Byron Rushing, a Boston Democrat, who described the repeal on the House floor as a "question of fairness and … a question of equality." After the vote, Rushing said he hoped ...

source: Deval Patrick Watch

Monday Health Blog Roundup

... on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, chaired by State Senator Dianne Wilkerson and State Representative Byron Rushing, met on July 21 to discuss the recommendations of the Special Legislative Commission on Health Disparities. ...

source: The State of Opportunity

Massachusetts Scraps Anti-Gay Marriage Law

“I’m glad we finally did it,” said Representative Byron Rushing, a Boston Democrat, who described the repeal on the House floor as a “question of fairness and ... a question of equality.” Read more. READ THE WHOLE ITEM ...

source: Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

Nonresident Gays Get Right To Wed In Massachusetts

"I'm glad that we finally did it," Representative Byron Rushing, a Boston Democrat and one of the bill's sponsors, said after the vote. On the floor, Rushing had urged colleagues: "Let us be fair. Let us be equitable. ...

source: A Blue View

Massachusetts scraps archaic racist law – and the archaic Catholic ...

Said Representative Byron Rushing, a Boston Democrat:. I’m glad we finally did it. [It was] a question of fairness and … a question of equality. Relationships like this are still condemned by religious bigots of all stripes ...

source: The Freethinker