Goodridge Takes Effect: Now What?
… Jo Ann Citron, whose legal analysis of the marriage issue has occasionally appeared in these pages, interviewed Bonauto by telephone in early July.
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Why We Sued for the Right to Marry
… Several years ago our daughter Annie asked my partner Julie if she and I were married. Knowing she couldn’t lie, Julie tried to find a way to explain to a four-year-old why we were not. …
MoreIs There a Downside to Same-Sex Marriage?
The fact that the gay and lesbian rights movement has put same-sex marriage at the top of its agenda is not hard to fathom: marriage is the hub from which so many of our cultural, legal, economic, and religious institutions extend. … Then why do I think we’ve taken up the wrong battle in fighting for the right to marry? …
MoreDemocrats Waffling on Marriage Amendment
You’ve got to hand it to the Bush administration- they take care of their own. From tax breaks for the wealthy to cheating New York City out of 9/11 security funds in favor of “red” states like Wyoming, key Bush constituencies have been rewarded. Perhaps nothing is more glaring, however, than what has been done to cater to the demands of the religious right. …
MoreMarriage Has Always Been a Civil Institution
Adapted from an op-ed that appeared in The Boston Globe (2/8/04).
MoreCivil Union’s First Draft
CIVIL WARS is a chronological account of Vermont’s landmark adoption of a law mandating civil unions in December 1999. …
MoreWill It Be Marriage or Civil Union?
THIS FALL, while the Right was still staggering from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Lawrence v. Texas, Massachusetts dealt conservatives another body blow when its highest court legalized…More