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| Lobbyist Arline Isaacson is now working to support incumbent Massachusetts legislators
who voted against the state’s constitutional amendment banning gay marriage;
all lawmakers in the state are up for re-election this year. (Photo by Chitose
Suzuki/AP)
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Massachusetts Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus
P.O. Box 246, State House
Boston, MA 02133
617-262-1565
www.mglpc.org
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By: JOE CREA COMMENTS
 
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conservatives launched petition drives to
force a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage onto a statewide ballot.
Isaacson and her supporters responded by training volunteers to stand next
to signature gatherers to monitor the process and also to politely ask people
not to sign the petition. Before the measure could be considered by the legislature,
proponents of the initiative needed to gather 65,825 signatures.
While Isaacson’s tactic did not prevent opponents from collecting the
necessary signatures it did expose “massive fraud” in the signature
gathering process that “proved invaluable” when the petition went
to the legislature.
Age: 48
trong>Residence: Boston
trong>Born: New York
trong>Education: Tufts University, planned to be a biology major but
majored in French
trong>Partner: Lynn, of 18 years
trong>Children: Two girls, 4 and 8 years old
Hobbies: Playing with her kids, music, hiking and tennis
trong>Background: Works for the Massachusetts Teachers Association
(MTA) as a lobbyist. Worked as a lobbyist for the City of Boston
and for an audio-video production studio. She is on temporary
leave from the MTA until August.
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“We were able to say, ‘Hey, the signature gatherers were tricking
voters into signing the petition,’” Isaacson said. “Our opponents
were gathering signatures on three different issues. While they were trying
to stop gay marriage, they were also trying to save horses from needless slaughter.
So, they would call people over to their tables and say, ‘save the horses.’ Once
we uncovered the fraud, we set up a special Web site where we listed everyone
who signed the petition and then we invited people to go to the Web site and
look f
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