gay marriage
Menino: Same-sex marriage has made Boston a better place
By adamg - 1/23/12 - 9:10 amOn 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
By adamg - 7/8/10 - 4:17 pmBay 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?
By adamg - 5/6/10 - 8:34 amGay 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?
By adamg - 11/4/09 - 11:18 amBlue 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
By adamg - 7/8/09 - 11:21 amChannel 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
By adamg - 6/24/09 - 8:05 amRyan 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
By adamg - 5/26/09 - 12:57 pmYou're not really reading this because you've been struck down by God's lightning
By adamg - 4/17/09 - 8:58 am| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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Mitt Romney's mouthpiece tells Iowans how gay marriage ruined Massachusetts
By adamg - 4/9/09 - 3:23 pmThe 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
By rsiasoco - 1/9/09 - 9:46 amThough 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.
