Gay Marriage Massachusetts

The New Age of Obamalove

Alan Shayne | Posted 05.13.2012

Alan Shayne

We still couldn't leave our estates to each other without excessive taxes, nor could we give each other money as married people can, and we would still have difficulty getting hospital rights for each other in most of the states in the country. So why was it a day that I knew would go down in history?

Gay Marriage Law Faces Challenge

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 04.02.2012

BOSTON -- A legal battle over a law that denies federal benefits to married gay couples is headed to a federal appeals court in Massachusetts, the fir...

Black Episcopal Congregation Celebrates Lesbian Marriage

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Irene Monroe

On August 30, St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church in Cambridge hosted the marriage and blessed the union of its mayor, E. Denise Simmons, and her lifetime partner, Mattie Hayes.

Kerry Seeks Asylum For Gay Brazilian Wed In Mass.

AP | MELISSA TRUJILLO | Posted 05.25.2011

BOSTON — Sen. John Kerry has asked the Obama administration to grant asylum to a gay man who was forced to return to Brazil after he married a U...

Married Same-Sex Couples Sue US For Federal Benefits

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 11.17.2011

BOSTON — Mary Ritchie, a Massachusetts State Police trooper, has been married for almost five years and has two children. But when she files her...

Armageddon in California

Sara Whitman | Posted 11.17.2011

Sara Whitman

I am a suburban lesbian mom. I live in Massachusetts. Last I checked, the end of the world has not occurred. No plagues, no locusts, no hell fire and damnation.