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Entries from May 2009

Happy Five Years of Marriage Equality

May 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Pat Gozemba The sky has not fallen. Heather still has her two mommies. The religious right is still predicting dire consequences. Thus far their crystal ball has been very murky at best to downright wrong at worst. As of September 2008, 12, 350 same-sex couples have married in Massachusetts. The latest reports by UCLA’s Williams [...]

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Tags: Massachusetts · gay marriage · marriage equality

Five by Five and Counting

May 14th, 2009 · No Comments

 On May 13, Beacon Broadside posted this commentary by Karen. Things are changing so fast, that by the time your read this, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch may have signed New Hampshire’s same-sex marriage bill. According to the New York Times, a compromise was reached today. As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall [...]

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Tags: Connecticut · GLAD · Hawai'i · Iowa · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Vermont · gay marriage

Marriage Equality for Five Years

May 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Pat Gozemba It seems hard to believe that as of May 17, 2009, we’ve had marriage equality in Massachusetts for five years. Part of the reason for disbelief is that we had to fight off constitutional amendment efforts until June 14, 2007. And then we had to fight off, until July 2008, a racist 1913 [...]

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Tags: Massachusetts · marriage equality

HB 444 Civil Unions in HI: A Creative Struggle

May 4th, 2009 · No Comments

 Pat Gozemba Even those of us on the very “Big Island” of America can help the civil rights struggle in Hawai’i–from our computers.  Help the movement get more hits on the great videos that are aimed at legislators who are turning their backs on civil rights. Movement leaders are combining creative art with political struggle. Give their “views” [...]

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Tags: Hawai'i · civil rights · civil unions