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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What better way to celebrate the third anniversary of the first legal same-sex marriages in U.S. history than at the release party for Courting Equality (Beacon Press), perhaps the most vivid rendering of the struggle to achieve and maintain marriage equality in Massachusetts — and more importantly perhaps, the profound impact it has had on [...]

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Thursday, April 26, 2007 Salem couple’s new book chronicles struggle for gay rights By Alan Lupo It’s been almost three years since gay people began legally marrying their partners in Massachusetts on a day in May, which happens to be the very month that my wife and I will be celebrating our 45th anniversary. People [...]

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Message from Marc Solomon, Campaign Director, MassEquality: This afternoon the Senate elected pro-equality Senator Therese Murray (D-Plymouth and Barnstable) as its next leader. This follows the resignation of Senate President Robert Travaglini. This is terrific news. Senator Murray is a long-time friend of the gay community and a strong supporter of equality. With her at [...]

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Marilyn Humphries, Karen Kahn, and I consider the Courting Equality blog our foray into public discussion about the efforts that so many of us in the LGBT community, along with our straight allies, are making to expand democracy. The civil rights of LGBT people to marry are on the line in so many states and [...]

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