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Mass Equality: Stealing a page from right-wing playbook

July 11, 2009 / No Comments



Massachusetts has become the first state to challenge the federal Defense of Marriage Act defining the relationship as solely between a man and a woman. The argument? The federal definition directly impedes the states’ ability to govern, a federalist argument more typically made by  small-government conservatives.
It’s a brilliant legal gambit. When you think about it, [...]

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Out on the Town: Sean McQuillan’s Iowa

May 14, 2009 / No Comments



Lots of bridegrooms are nervous when they pop the question, but Sean Fritz faced a fearsome deadline most lack. A county judge in his native Iowa had ruled for marriage equality that day — Aug. 30, 2007 — and Sean knew a higher court was likely to stay the ruling within hours. He proposed to [...]

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