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...amendment passed the ballot in 2008, it would nullify a November 2003 state Supreme Court decision that extended marriage rights to same-sex couples...
...amendment would define marriage as the union between one man and one woman and would not make any mention of civil unions. It will likely sap conservative support away from an existing compromise amendment that would ban same-sex marriage while affirming partners’ rights to civil unions...
...proceeds from what Jonathan Ned Katz calls "epistemological hubris and ontological chutzpah." A scholar of 19th century sexuality, Katz explains that the terms homosexual and heterosexual did not exist in Lincoln's time, and that fact is just one piece of evidence that the concepts of gender, sexuality and same-sex relationships were radically different in Lincoln's world. In those days, men could be openly affectionate with one another, physically and verbally, without having to stake their identity...
...We’ve done a lot with the marriage equality issue in Massachusetts,” he says, referring to the struggle over same-sex marriage. The Dems organized regional canvasses this spring, urging residents to lobby their local lawmakers on the issue...
While some protesters lined up on Mass. Ave. to oppose same-sex marriage during last year’s celebration, no protesters were visible outside of City Hall yesterday...