Cynthia Laird of the Bay Area Reporter makes the connection between our struggle in Massachusetts for marriage equality and the continuing struggle in California. She sees Courting Equality as a way for gay marriage advocates to share strategies that worked and to take heart that full equality is not just a hope. Laird is particularly impressed […]

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Yesterday I responded to a great article that Mary Zeiss Stange wrote in USA Today. Stange asserted that Martin Luther would have supported gay marriage. In Massachusetts, the Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry would probably agree. Look next Monday, July 16th in USA Today for the responses to Stange’s article. Hope this letter […]

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The City of Cambridge honored Pat Gozemba, Karen Kahn, and Marilyn Humphries with a special proclamation at their May 7, 2007, meeting. The proclamation notes that Courting Equality includes a photo of the first couple married in Cambridge, Tanya McCloskey and Marcia Kadish, and City Clerk Margaret Drury. The Council congratulated the authors on a […]

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Killian Melloy writes in EDGE Boston (May 15), “MassEquality is gearing up for a celebration of three years of marriage equality in Massachusetts. This week’s events include a book launch, an anniversary party, and civil rights lobby days at the State House.
‘Since May 17th, 2004 the Commonwealth has celebrated over 8,500 same-sex weddings,’ MassEquality […]

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In stark contrast to her predecessor Tom Reilly, Attorney General Martha Coakley told members of the Mass Lesbian and Gay Bar Association that she would challenge the constitutionality of a ban on same-sex marriage, should the voters approve it in November 2008. The Boston Globe (5/12/07) reported that in her speech, Coakley noted the success […]

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The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention will now meet June 14 to vote on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. We are still 8 votes short of defeating this amendment. We need your help now to convince legislators to put an end to the marriage debate once and for all. To find out where your legislator stands, […]

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You can listen live to Patricia Gozemba and Karen Kahn, authors of Courting Equality, on Sunday, May 13, at 8:50 pm, on WFNX, 101.7 FM in Greater Boston and 92.1 Southern New Hampshire. They will be featured guests on gay news show, One in Ten.
On Monday, May 14, the authors will be live on […]

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