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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