Gay and lbian upl Cambridge, Mass, beg fillg out applitns for marriage licens at 12:01 am, when Massachetts be first state untry to allow them to marry; scene scribed; photo (M)
Contents:
- WHEN GAY MARRIAGE CAME TO MASSACHETTS
- LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS CAMBRIDGE, MA
- THE POLICS OF GAY MARRIAGE LAT AMERI
WHEN GAY MARRIAGE CAME TO MASSACHETTS
An Amerin cy has stepped up to help s gay and lbian married employe pay the "n't get married" tax penalty: Cambridge, Massachetts, where the first legal same-sex marriag took place seven years ago. * cambridge ma gay marriage *
In this climate of fear, Cambridge, the only cy Ameri that has had three openly-gay mayors, took the lead and claimed this issue. Brian Le, one of the origal sponsors of the amendment to ban same-sex marriage has sce said, “Gay marriage has begun, and life has not changed for the cizens of the monwealth, wh the exceptn of those who n now marry. The road to marriage equaly began April 2001 when Gay and Lbian Advot and Defenrs, a nonprof group of attorneys that works on LBGTQIA+ issu, started a su agast the Massachetts Department of Public Health on behalf of seven gay and lbian upl who had been nied marriage licens.
Michelle Johnson and Myrna Greenfield joed dozens of other same-sex upl to be married the night gay marriage was legalized Massachetts. The fact that they liv a state wh legalized gay marriage ma a difference. “I have been really pleasantly surprised at how differently people treat you when you're officially married and how eager and willg people have been to wele gay people to the fold, ” said Myrna Greenfield, Johnson’s wife.
While the nod did not note the marriage tone, did ce Cambridge’s iendls toward gays and lbians, cludg through s culture and entertament as well as how that iendls had impacted the cy’s enomy. “The progrsive cy, often jumbled together wh Boston, is also home to a thrivg gay- and lbian-owned bs scene which many belong to the Greater Boston Bs Council. Moira Barrett (L) and Johanna Schulman, of Cambridge, ri a r on June 12, 2004 durg the 34th annual Boston Gay Pri Para Boston, Massachetts.
LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS CAMBRIDGE, MA
The champagne is chilled, the k are osted, and gay and lbian upl across Massachetts are ready to make history Monday by sayg "I do." * cambridge ma gay marriage *
Bee they’re a homosexual relatnship, the value of that health verage is nsired taxable e by the feral ernment. Of the thoands of legally married gay and lbian upl Massachetts, none n receive the feral benefs offered to heterosexual married upl bee the feral ernment don’t regnize same-sex marriag.
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THE POLICS OF GAY MARRIAGE LAT AMERI
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