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Three years ago...
May. 18th, 2007 02:46 amThree years ago, on May 17 2004, the first same-sex couples were legally wed in Massachussetts, following the Massachussetts Supreme Court decision Goodridge vs. Department of Public Health.
Hilary and Julie Goodridge with the daughter Annie on May 17, 2004.
The first couple to walk out of the Boston City Hall with their marriage license.
Let his moms marry.
Wedding kiss.
More happy pictures (but don't scroll down further than the black links on white background, there are really violent and graphic pictures after that).
While digging through news, I learned that, while legislators in MA are still trying to include a ban on same-sex marriage on the 2008 ballot, the support for the amendment to the constitution is dwindling. To the point that the governor is having these wise words: "Rather than turn Massachusetts into a political circus for a national debate over something which is largely settled here, my own view is that we ought to resolve this on the merits so that it stays off the ballot." If the constitutional convention votes against including a vote on a ban on the ballot, this issue will hopefully be over in MA. I'm not surprised that after three years of harmless same-sex marriage getting harder to rally people around the fear that it will destroy society as we know it.
In the meanwhile, just to have a laugh at how complex the marriage situation can get: a NY Court ruled that the marriage of a NY couple married in MA in May 2004 is valid in the state of NY because NY only ruled that marriage is defined as being between a man and a woman in 2006. So marriage in NY is officially restricted to a opposite-sex couples in NY except for all the NY same-sex couples who were married in MA, but only between May 2004 and July 2006. See the article at 365gay.com.
Finally, good news, Berkeley, CA and West Palm Beach, FL are moving forward with trans rights. In particular, Berkley is considering a plan where it would pay for sex reassignment surgery under its employee health care system.
Hilary and Julie Goodridge with the daughter Annie on May 17, 2004.
The first couple to walk out of the Boston City Hall with their marriage license.
Let his moms marry.
Wedding kiss.
More happy pictures (but don't scroll down further than the black links on white background, there are really violent and graphic pictures after that).
While digging through news, I learned that, while legislators in MA are still trying to include a ban on same-sex marriage on the 2008 ballot, the support for the amendment to the constitution is dwindling. To the point that the governor is having these wise words: "Rather than turn Massachusetts into a political circus for a national debate over something which is largely settled here, my own view is that we ought to resolve this on the merits so that it stays off the ballot." If the constitutional convention votes against including a vote on a ban on the ballot, this issue will hopefully be over in MA. I'm not surprised that after three years of harmless same-sex marriage getting harder to rally people around the fear that it will destroy society as we know it.
In the meanwhile, just to have a laugh at how complex the marriage situation can get: a NY Court ruled that the marriage of a NY couple married in MA in May 2004 is valid in the state of NY because NY only ruled that marriage is defined as being between a man and a woman in 2006. So marriage in NY is officially restricted to a opposite-sex couples in NY except for all the NY same-sex couples who were married in MA, but only between May 2004 and July 2006. See the article at 365gay.com.
Finally, good news, Berkeley, CA and West Palm Beach, FL are moving forward with trans rights. In particular, Berkley is considering a plan where it would pay for sex reassignment surgery under its employee health care system.
