Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Gays, Massachusetts has got your back ! The Massachusetts Senate today passed a bill that would repeal a 1913 state law that prevents gay and lesbian couples from most other states from marrying in Massachusetts. ...The law originated when lawmakers in many states were trying to prevent interracial couples from crossing state lines to marry. It fell into obscurity for decades. But it received new attention...
PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Today the Massachusetts Senate repealed the 1913 law limiting marriages performed there to residents of the state. The bill passed by a general voice vote with no objections. The bill now moves to the state House of Representatives where it is expected to pass overwhelmingly. Governor Deval Patrick has promised to approve the bill "proudly", which will put a recognized-at-home legal marriage within...
Marry in Massachusetts (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Land O' Goshen, the dreadful vestige of Jim Crow still on the Massachusetts books is half way to repeal. The set of four laws passed in 1913 to placate the anti-miscegenation states went down in the commonwealth's Senate this afternoon. Tomorrow or Thursday should finish the job when the action moves to the House. As late as noon today, one of our local bigoted, anti-gay groups, Massachusetts Family...
Main St. USA (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
wikipedia : Historian John Boswell claims the 4th century Christian martyrs Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus were united in the rite of adelphopoesis, or brother-making, which he calls an early form of religious same-sex marriage [Who knew? -truth] I live in the most progressive state in the nation! Today the Massachusetts State Senate repealed a 1913 law that prevented gay and lesbian couples from...
Pundit Review (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
The Massachusetts Senate today passed a bill that would repeal a 1913 state law that prevents gay and lesbian couples from most other states from marrying in Massachusetts…The bill now heads to the House, where Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi has already expressed support. Supporters said they expected the bill to pass the House and be [...]
