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  • July 2008

    • Mass. Allows Marriages for Out-of-State Gays

      Boston Globe  |  Jul 31, 08 4:07 PM CDT

      Mass. Allows Marriages for Out-of-State Gays

      (Newser) - Massachusetts will now allow gay and lesbian couples from other states to marry there. Gov. Deval Patrick today signed a law overturning a 1913 measure originally crafted against interracial marriage, the Globe reports. Massachusetts is the second state, after California, to allow same-sex marriages, regardless of residence. A flood of couples is expected from New York, which does not marry gay couples but recognizes unions from elsewhere. More »

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      gay marriage  • Massachusetts  • Deval Patrick  • interracial marriage

    • No Stopping Gay Marriage's Mass. Appeal

      New York Times  |  Jul 17, 08 1:54 PM CDT

      No Stopping Gay Marriage's Mass. Appeal

      (Newser) - With Massachusetts legislators set to repeal a law ex-Gov. Mitt Romney hoped would prevent the state from becoming “the Las Vegas of same-sex marriage,” Gail Collins, in the New York Times , looks at the march toward equality. For one thing, with the economy the way it is, “becoming the Las Vegas of anything whatsoever began to sound like a good deal." More »

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      Mitt Romney  • gay marriage  • gay rights  • tourism  • Massachusetts  • civil rights  • interracial marriage

  • May 2008

    • Calif. Judge: Gay Marriage Decision My Toughest

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 18, 08 12:05 PM CDT

      Calif. Judge: Gay Marriage Decision My Toughest

      (Newser) - Long characterized as cautious, California’s Chief Justice Ronald George shocked his peers when he joined the majority to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. “I think there are times when doing the right thing means not playing it safe,” the moderate Republican said, calling the case the most difficult one of his 17 years on the court. More »

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      California  • marriage  • gay marriage  • gay rights  • court  • gay  • same-sex marriage  • California Supreme Court  • marriage rights  • interracial marriage  • Ronald George

    • Woman Who Defied Interracial Marriage Ban Dies at 68

      Associated Press  |  May 5, 08 4:11 PM CDT

      Woman Who Defied Interracial Marriage Ban Dies at 68

      (Newser) - Mildred Loving, whose challenge to Virginia law led to the Supreme Court decision overturning bans on racially mixed marriage, has died at the age of 68. Loving, who was black, and her white husband Richard pleaded guilty to “cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth” before their suit led to a landmark civil-rights ruling in 1967. More »

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      obituary  • US Supreme Court  • race relations  • civil rights  • interracial marriage

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