Here's how members of the Massachustts Legislature voted Thursday on a
proposed 2008 ballot question that would ban gay marriage. The vote was 45-151.
Fifty votes were needed to move it to a statewide ballot question in 2008.
A "yes" vote was in favor of the ballot question; a "no"
vote was against it.
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
Gale D. Candaras, D-Wilbraham - N
Harriette L. Chandler, D-Worcester - N
Robert S. Creedon Jr., D-Brockton - Y
Cynthia Stone Creem, D-Newton - N
Benjamin B. Downing, D-Pittsfield - 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
Thomas M. McGee, D-Lynn - N
Joan M. Menard,
Mark C. Montigny, D-New Bedford - N
Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge - Y
Michael W. Morrissey, D-Quincy - N
Therese Murray, D-Plymouth - N
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
Karen E. Spilka, D-Ashland - N
Bruce E. Tarr, R-Gloucester - N
James E. Timilty, D-Walpole - N
Richard R. Tisei, R-Wakefield - N
Steven A. Tolman, D-Boston - N
Susan C. Tucker, D-Andover - N
Marian Walsh, D-West Roxbury - N
Dianne Wilkerson, D-Boston - N
HOUSE:
Geraldo Alicea, D-Charlton - N
Willie Mae Allen, D-Boston - N
Cory Atkins, D-Concord - N
Demetrius J. Atsalis, D-Hyannis - X
Bruce J. Ayers, D-Quincy - Y
Ruth B. Balser, D-Newton - N
Fred Barrows, R-Mansfield - Y
John J. Binienda, D-Worcester - Y
Daniel E. Bosley, D-North Adams - N
Garrett J. Bradley, D-Hingham - N
William N. Brownsberger, D-Belmont - N
Antonio F. D. Cabral, D-New Bedford - N
Jennifer M. Callahan, D-Sutton - N
Thomas Calter, D-Kingston - N
Linda Dean Campbell, D-Methuen - Y
Christine E. Canavan, D-Brockton - N
Stephen R. Canessa, D-New Bedford - N
Paul C. Casey, D-Winchester - Y
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera, D-Springfield - N
Thomas F. Conroy, D-Wayland - N
Robert Correia, D-Fall River - Y
Michael A. Costello, D-Newburyport - N
Geraldine Creedon, D-Brockton - Y
Sean Curran, D-Springfield - Y
Steven J. D'Amico, D-Seekonk - N
Robert A. DeLeo, D-Winthrop - N
Viriato Manuel deMacedo, R-Plymouth - Y
Brian S. Dempsey, D-Haverhill - N
Salvatore F. DiMasi, D-Boston - N
Stephen DiNatale, D-Fitchburg - N
Paul J. Donato, D-Medford - Y
Christopher J. Donelan, D-Orange - N
Joseph R. Driscoll Jr., 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
John V. Fernandes, D-Milford - 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
Thomas A. Golden Jr., D-Lowell - N
Mary E. Grant, D-Beverly - N
William G. Greene Jr., D-Billerica - Y
Denis 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-Stoughton - N
Michael F. Kane, D-Holyoke - Y
Rachel Kaprielian, D-Watertown - N
Jay R. Kaufman, D-Lexington - N
John D. Keenan, D-Salem - N
Thomas P. Kennedy, D-Brockton - N
Kay Khan, D-Newton - N
Peter V. Kocot, D-Northampton - N
Robert M. Koczera, D-New Bedford - N
Peter J. Koutoujian, D-Waltham - N
Paul Kujawski, D-Webster - N
Stephen Kulik, D-Worthington - N
William Lantigua, D-Lawrence - Y
Stephen P. LeDuc, D-Marlborough - N
John A. Lepper, R-Attleboro - Y
David P. Linsky, D-Natick - N
Barbara A. L'Italien, D-Andover - N
Paul Loscocco, R-Holliston - N
Elizabeth A. Malia, D-Boston - N
Ronald Mariano, D-Quincy - N
James J. Marzilli Jr., D-Arlington - N
Allen J. McCarthy, D-East Bridgewater - N
Paul McMurtry, D-Dedham - N
James R. Miceli, D-Wilmington - Y
Michael Moran, D-Boston - N
Charles A. Murphy, D-Burlington - N
James M. Murphy, D-Weymouth - Y
Kevin M. 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 - N
James O'Day, D-West Boylston - N
Eugene L. O'Flaherty, D-Chelsea - N
Matthew C. Patrick, D-Falmouth - N
Sarah Peake, D-Provincetown - 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 W. Petruccelli, D-Boston - N
William "Smitty" Pignatelli, D-Lenox - N
Elizabeth A. Poirier, R-North Attleboro - Y
Karyn E. Polito, R-Shrewsbury - Y
Denise Provost, D-Somerville - N
Angelo Puppolo, D-Wilbraham - N
John F. Quinn, D-Dartmouth - N
Kathi-Anne Reinstein, D-Revere - N
Robert Rice Jr., D-Gardner - N
Pam Richardson, D-Framingham - N
Michael J. Rodrigues, D-Westport - N
Mary S. Rogeness, R-Longmeadow - Y
John H. Rogers, D-Norwood - N
Richard J. Ross, R-Wrentham - N
Michael F. Rush, D-Boston - Y
Byron Rushing, D-Boston - N
Jeffrey Sanchez, D-Boston - N
Rosemary Sandlin, D-Agawam - N
Tom Sannicandro, D-Ashland - N
Angelo M. Scaccia, D-Boston - Y
John W. Scibak, D-South Hadley - N
Carl M. Sciortino Jr., D-Somerville - N
Stephen Smith, D-Everett - N
Frank I. Smizik, D-Brookline - N
Todd M. Smola, R-Palmer - Y
Theodore C. Speliotis, D-Danvers - N
Robert P. Spellane, D-Worcester - N
Christopher N. Speranzo - D-Pittsfield - N
Joyce A. Spiliotis, D-Peabody - Y
Marie P. St. Fleur, D-Boston - X
Harriett L. Stanley, D-West Newbury - N
Thomas M. Stanley, D-Waltham - N
Ellen Story, D-Amherst - N
William M. Straus, D-Mattapoisett - N
David B. Sullivan, D-Fall River - N
Benjamin Swan, D-Springfield - 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
Eric Turkington, D-Falmouth - N
Cleon H. Turner, D-Dennis - N
James E. Vallee, D-Franklin - N
Anthony J. Verga, D-Gloucester - X
Joseph F. Wagner, D-Chicopee - N
Brian P. Wallace, D-Boston - N
Patricia A. Walrath, D-Stow - N
Martin J. Walsh, D-Boston - N
Steven M. Walsh, D-Lynn - N
Martha M. Walz, D-Boston - N
Daniel K. Webster, R-Hanson - Y
James T. Welch, D-West
Alice K. Wolf, D-Cambridge - N
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Y yes
X not voting
P present 
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