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:
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:
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.
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.
Ryan Adams reports on, posts video of a protest over the federal Defense of Marriage Act outside a Demmie fundraiser at Fenway last night.
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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.
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.
Cubicle Girl attended the rally against California's Proposition 8 at City Hall Plaza today.
Beth Adelson also posted photos:
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.
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.
Matt O'Malley, who twice ran for Boston City Council, reports he's leaving the sheriff's department to become political director for MassEquality.
Attorney General rules referendum on repealed 1913 laws good to go for 2010 ballot - well, provided backers can gather 33,297 valid signatures by Oct. 29.
Yes, it's the law that Mitt Romney used to keep non-locals from marrying within their gender, but it was originally passed to keep non-locals from marrying outside their race.
Bay Windows has the scoop on the overwhelming vote. With the state Senate also having voted to repeal, the measure now goes to Gov. Patrick.
Bay Windows has the scoop on the effort to repeal the law, which Mitt Romney used to block non-Massachusetts gays and lesbians from marrying in Massachusetts - decades after it was originally passed to prevent blacks and whites from out of state from marrying here.
Samfeasor took the same bar exam as that guy who is now suing the state Board of Bar Examiners because he refused to answer a question involving gay marriage, which he claims cost him the test. Samfeasor writes:
... In the afternoon part of the exam, there was a question about whether aliens have a right to counsel when they're considered enemy combatants. The answer, by law, is no. I disagree with that. I still wrote the law, I still applied the law to the facts and, y'know what? I passed.
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