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[featherynscale]

Mass. Court Says State Can't Ban Gay Marriage

BOSTON (Reuters) - The highest court in Massachusetts ruled on Tuesday that the state cannot deny gays and lesbians the right to marry, a ruling that could make the state the first to recognize gay marriage.

In a ruling posted on its Web site, the Supreme Judicial Court said the state of Massachusetts may not "deny the protections, benefits and obligations conferred by civil marriage to two individuals of the same sex who wish to marry."

Gay marriages are forbidden in the United States, although one state, Vermont, allows same-sex civil unions -- contracts that essentially provide most of the legal rights and protections of marriage but under a different name.

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[zylch.livejournal.com]

There may be other things they haven't been able to get, but I know that they considered insurance to be important enough for him to legally marry Amy so that at least one of them would be covered. They've also been working on this for at least three and a half years by now, where it takes about three and a half minutes to do a quick-and-dirty but still-legal marriage.

It just pisses me off that Joe Bob and Sallie Sue can "fall in love," get married, divorce after 6 months, fall in love with someone else, get married, get divorced, etc etc ad infinitum (or perhaps ad nauseum), and every damn time get all the benefits and protections that come with a marriage that they obviously don't value very much, while three people who are truly committed to each other have to go through hell to get even half that.

Heh, sorry. ::steppin' off soapbox::

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Hey, you = preaching, me = choir. In a perfect world, you ought to be able to have a committed and recognized and protected relationship with anybody or bodies able and willing to consent.

All I'm saying is that where I could see no real compelling interest on the part of the state to continue to ban same-sex marriages, I can see compelling interest to continue to ban polygamy. And I'm betting that the surrounding system that would have to change in order for polygamy to become legal is probably not going to change anytime soon. I could be wrong. I'd like to be wrong. Just trying to see it from the perspective of a legislator.

[zylch.livejournal.com]

Just trying to see it from the perspective of a legislator.

Wow, you can get your head that far up your ass? I guess that yoga stuff must really work!

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Hey, now. It's all about expanding your...notion of reality.