gay marriage

Menino: Same-sex marriage has made Boston a better place

adamg — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:10:31 +0000

On Top Magazine reports on comments Menino made Friday in support of a new campaign to push for same-sex marriage in places that don't already allow it:

It was nearly 8 years ago that my city was the first large city in the country to marry same-sex couples. ... Back then it was a huge deal. Huge. I'm here to tell you that marriage for gay couples has made my city of Boston a much better place to live.

Boston judge rules federal law against gay marriage violates Constitution

adamg — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:17:35 +0000

Bay Windows reports on two decisions released today by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Tauro that the federal Defense of Marriage Act violates the constitutional right to due process and the constitutional concept of state sovereignty.

Read his decisions:

Gill v. Office of Personnel Management (due process)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Department of Health and Human Services (marriage is an issue left to states)

Could same-sex marriage here be the wedge to crack the federal Defense of Marriage law?

adamg — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:34:46 +0000

Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders goes into US District Court in Boston this morning for arguments on the suit it brought on behalf of 28 present and former federal employees and spouses, who argue that the federal law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman violates their constitutional rights.

Among the arguments by the 28 - who include the spouse of the late US Rep. Gerry Studds - is the existence of the right of same-sex couples in Massachusetts to marry:

Boycott lobsters from Maine?

adamg — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:18:33 +0000

Blue Mass. Group reports there'll be a rally at 6 p.m. at Park Street station to protest yesterday's vote in Maine to rescind a law allowing for same-sex marriages.

We sue the federal government over its definition of marriage

adamg — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:21:10 +0000

Channel 4 reports the Commonwealth has filed a lawsuit against the federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

Gay-marriage supporters protest Biden soiree at Fenway Park

adamg — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:05:52 +0000

Ryan Adams reports on, posts video of a protest over the federal Defense of Marriage Act outside a Demmie fundraiser at Fenway last night.

Rally against California gay-marriage decision

adamg — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:57:57 +0000

7 p.m. tonight in Copley Square.

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adamg — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:58:23 +0000

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Mitt Romney's mouthpiece tells Iowans how gay marriage ruined Massachusetts

adamg — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:23:02 +0000

The state is in turmoil, churches lie in ruins and schools push gay sex, Eric Fehrnstrom writes in the Des Moines Register.

Via David Bernstein.

Fighting for gay marriage

rsiasoco — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:46:55 +0000

Though Mass folks might be content with our laws regarding gay marriage, the leftover dischord among supporters and opponents in California Prop 8 has reached the courts.

Anti-gay losers help raise $4,500 for gay-marriage supporters

adamg — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:22:07 +0000

Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Protest against California gay-marriage vote

adamg — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:07:49 +0000

Cubicle Girl attended the rally against California's Proposition 8 at City Hall Plaza today.

Beth Adelson also posted photos:

Prop 8 Protest on Sat at City Hall

rsiasoco — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:51:15 +0000

If you haven’t already heard, on Saturday there will be protests across the country to repeal Proposition 8, California’s discriminatory law that bans gay men and lesbians from marriage. Boston’s protest takes place at City Hall beginning at 1:30 pm. Don’t sit idly by, show up and fight for the civil right of marriage for all.

Fail: Effort to bring back law against miscegenation

adamg — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:35:33 +0000

Bay Windows reports that MassResistance, which employs "documentary makers" who strip when being chased by police, couldn't collect enough signatures to get a 2010 ballot question on bringing back the 1913 law used to bar out-of-state gay and lesbian couples from marrying here.

The group needed roughly 33,000 signatures; it collected only 10,500.

The law was originally passed to block non-residents of different races from marrying in Massachusetts; Mitt Romney resurrected it in his battle against gay marriage.

New job for first blogging city-council candidate

adamg — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:10:21 +0000

Matt O'Malley, who twice ran for Boston City Council, reports he's leaving the sheriff's department to become political director for MassEquality.