gay marriage massachusetts
Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels sing wedding bells.
Okay so excuse me if I'm wrong, but haven't Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels been married for a while now? I thought they were one of those couples like Rosie and other famous gay celebs who ran off to San Fran or Massachussetts and got hitched. Well, Lesbianlife claims they did tie the knot back in 2003, but it was only a civil union. However, according to Reuters, Etheridge has just recently announced their plans to be a "real" married couple (conveniently before the Proposition 8 decision) … Read More
Massachusetts is 1 step away from lifting the out-of-state marriage ban.
Mass. Senate Says: Bring It On The Massachusetts Senate voted to repeal a 1913 law that prohibited out-of-state couples from getting married in the Bay State. The Mass. House is planning on voting on the repeal next week according to Sign On San Diego. At that point the Governor, Deval Patrick, would have 10 days to sign it into life. Patrick's daughter recently came out of the closet.
Obviously, the big deal with this is that it will allow gay couples from other states the chance to get married. This is sure to cause some headaches and heartaches … Read More
Gay marriage is touchy subject worldwide. A few countries allow it and a...
Gay Marriage: Gay marriage is touchy subject worldwide. A few countries allow it and a few US states allow something similar. This was a big year in gay marriage. And gay divorce. These are the biggest stories in gay marriage in 2007.
Canadian same-sex unions growing five times as fast as hetero ones
'Dear Abby' Supports gay marriage
Rhode Island denies lesbian couple’s divorce petition
In a stunning reversal, the Rhode Island supreme court has ruled that a gay...
From Reuters
BOSTON (Reuters) - Rhode Island's top court narrowly ruled on Friday that a same-sex couple married in Massachusetts -- the only U.S. state to allow gay marriage -- could not legally divorce in Rhode Island, saying that the state's family court did not have authority over same-sex marriages.
Massachusetts currently allows out-of-state same-sex couples from just two states -- Rhode Island and New Mexico -- to marry there, since those states' laws do not clearly prohibit gay marriage.
The 3-2 ruling came in the case of Margaret Chambers and Cassandra Ormiston, two women who married in Massachusetts … Read More
