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...
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- Apr 11, 2021
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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....
- Mar 25, 2021
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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 3, 2021
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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...
- Feb 3, 2021
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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...
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