http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/209 A Documentary History of America's First Legal Same-Sex Marriages Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:50:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/209/comment-page-1#comment-7939 Ruse the day « Slightly Harmless Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:19:47 +0000 http://www.courtingequality.com/?p=209#comment-7939 [...] ones like “should people be treated equally under the law?”. I’d say yes, but as Maine shows, religions can be part of the [...] [...] ones like “should people be treated equally under the law?”. I’d say yes, but as Maine shows, religions can be part of the [...]

]]> http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/209/comment-page-1#comment-7846 Marilyn Humphries Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:08:33 +0000 http://www.courtingequality.com/?p=209#comment-7846 Great blogpost! The crux of the matter is separation of church and state when the issue is civil marriage. Indeed we saw how powerful The Church was in Massachusetts during the marriage battles. The visual metaphor for me was when the when the front entrance of the Massachusetts State House was nearly obliterated by the sign "Jesus is Lord." While approprite for some people that message should not dominate the laws of the land. Great blogpost! The crux of the matter is separation of church and state when the issue is civil marriage. Indeed we saw how powerful The Church was in Massachusetts during the marriage battles. The visual metaphor for me was when the when the front entrance of the Massachusetts State House was nearly obliterated by the sign “Jesus is Lord.” While approprite for some people that message should not dominate the laws of the land.

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