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May 17, 2004: First same-sex couples marry in Massachusetts
ON THIS DAY IN 2004… The first same-sex couples to legally marry in the United States exchanged vows in Massachusetts. The previous...
May 17, 20211 min read
April 11, 2001: Mary Bonauto files Massachusetts marriage suit
ON THIS DAY IN 2001... Attorney Mary Bonauto sued Massachusetts in state court on behalf of seven couples seeking the right to marry....
Apr 11, 20212 min read
March 25, 2010: Gay-rights operatives revise national marriage strategy
ON THIS DAY IN 2010… Officials from the nation’s leading gay-rights organizations met outside Boston to revise and update the movement’s...
Mar 25, 20212 min read
March 3, 2009: Mary Bonauto files DOMA suit
ON THIS DAY IN 2009... New England attorney Mary Bonauto filed the first lawsuit in which legally married couples challenged the Defense...
Mar 3, 20212 min read
February 3, 2004: Massachusetts court dismisses civil-union compromise
On November 17, 2003, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that excluding same-sex couples from “civil marriage” violated...
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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