Decision Day at GLAD

Gemini Cricket · 09-29-2006, 10:10 AM

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A Massachusetts Superior Court judge ruled on Friday that a lesbian couple from Rhode Island could marry in Massachusetts because Rhode Island does not have a law specifically banning it.
The same-sex couple would be the first from outside of Massachusetts to marry in the only U.S. state where gay marriage is legal, a step long-sought by gay rights advocates and opposed by Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and conservative Christian groups.

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Amazing.

My office took this case to court. It's one happy day at GLAD.

When court decisions are announced, it's a really big event in our office. Good or bad, it gets grand attention from us all.

Today is a good day.

Strangler Lewis · 09-29-2006, 10:23 AM

Congratulations!

JWBear · 09-29-2006, 12:47 PM

Yay!!!! Cool!!!!!

innerSpaceman · 09-29-2006, 02:10 PM

Huzzah.

sleepyjeff · 09-29-2006, 02:23 PM

Awesome for you GD

Gemini Cricket · 09-30-2006, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Awesome for you GD

GD's a Rhode Island lesbian?

sleepyjeff · 09-30-2006, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

GD's a Rhode Island lesbian?

....sorry GD....I met GC

Got GD on the brain cause I am playing against him this week in Fantasy Football

Motorboat Cruiser · 09-30-2006, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

GD's a Rhode Island lesbian?

I had heard this as well.

innerSpaceman · 09-29-2006, 02:40 PM

oh, yeah, and I suppose it's an ok day for those Rhode Island dykes, too.

Alex · 09-29-2006, 02:56 PM

Is this intended to create a legal challenge in Rhode Island under reciprocity? If so, I can see this have a negative backlash of hurrying other states into explicitly rejecting it rather than coming to terms with it on their own.

I have a feeling that it may eventually happen tha thte people of Wyoming are convinced to let their gays marry. I'm guessing they'll be much more resistant to a Massachussetts judge telling them that they have to let their gays marry. And once things get ensconced as state constitutional amendments it will be much harder to get them back out than the current situations in most states.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Is this intended to create a legal challenge in Rhode Island under reciprocity? If so, I can see this have a negative backlash of hurrying other states into explicitly rejecting it rather than coming to terms with it on their own. I have a feeling that it may eventually happen tha thte people of Wyoming are convinced to let their gays marry. I'm guessing they'll be much more resistant to a Massachussetts judge telling them that they have to let their gays marry. And once things get ensconced as state constitutional amendments it will be much harder to get them back out than the current situations in most states.
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