Coakley urges Supreme Court to strike down DOMA

Coakley's brief states it "normally would oppose further review in order to ensure that the judgment takes effect as soon as possible." But, the brief states, the "Commonwealth recognizes that the question is one of national importance and that this Court is likely to review it in the near future, if only to ensure uniformity in the enforcement or nonenforcement of DOMA throughout the country."...

Boston Herald • Jul 24, 2012

Mayor Menino on Chick-fil-A: Stuff it

Mayor Thomas M. Menino is vowing to block Chick-fil-A from bringing its Southern-fried fast-food empire to Boston -- possibly to a popular tourist spot just steps from the Freedom Trail -- after the family-owned firm's president suggested gay marriage is "inviting God's judgment on our nation." "Chick-fil-A doesn't belong in Boston. You can't have a business in the city of Boston that discriminat...

Boston Herald • Jul 20, 2012

Opinions evolve on gay marriage

One of the few issues on which opinion has moved left over the last few years is same-sex marriage. In 1996, Gallup found that Americans opposed it by a 68 percent to 27 percent margin. Last May, Gallup found Americans in favor by 53 percent to 45 percent. That's a huge change in 15 years. ...

Boston Herald • Aug 23, 2011

NJ activists ready for battle over gay marriage

A bill that would allow gay marriage is expected to be debated in Trenton during the lame-duck period between the Nov. 3 election and start of a new legislative session in January. In the fall, there probably will be television and radio ads on the issue. But for now, the focus is mostly on the faithful speaking to their representatives in Trenton. In 2006, the state Supreme Court said that comm...

Boston Herald • Aug 22, 2009

Mass. AG sues U.S. over equal marriage

Attorney General Martha Coakley is suing the U.S. government to force it to extend a wide range of benefits to some 16,000 gay and lesbian couples legally married in Massachusetts....

Boston Herald • Jul 8, 2009

Equal marriage stalls as RI lawmakers wrap up

The lack of Statehouse action on gay equality means that Rhode Island is unlikely to allow equal marriage anytime soon, despite decisions this year by lawmakers in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont joined Connecticut and Massachusetts in legalizing equal marriage. "I was hoping the momentum that was going around New England and the support we had in the House would get enough representatives to as...

Boston Herald • Jul 1, 2009

Barney Frank rips prez's 'big mistake'

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, one of the nation's leading gay rights champions, blasted President Obama yesterday over a controversial anti-equal marriage court filing and is calling on the commander in chief to explain himself. "I think the administration made a big mistake. The wording they used was inappropriate," Frank (D-Newton) said of a brief filed by Obama's Department of Justice that supported...

Boston Herald • Jun 17, 2009

NH Senate passes equal marriage revision; House next

As expected, the New Hampshire Senate has passed revised equal marriage legislation and sent it to the House. If if passes there, Gov. John Lynch is expected to sign it into law later Wednesday, making New Hampshire the sixth state to allow gays to marry....

Boston Herald • Jun 3, 2009

Gay marriage debate on tap in Maine House

The Maine House is preparing to take up a same-sex marriage bill, and its prospects are good given the number of co-sponsors and momentum from last week's Senate vote. The bill, which won a 21-14 vote of approval in the Senate last week, goes to the House on Tuesday. The bill has more than 60 co-sponsors, most of them House members....

Boston Herald • May 4, 2009

Clergy push for Maine gay marriages

A coalition of clergy members who support gay marriage in Maine attempted to persuade lawmakers at a meeting Tuesday, the day the Senate referred the bill to a committee....

Boston Herald • Mar 18, 2009

Mitt Romney's kin put faith in pa$$ing Proposition 8

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Boston Herald • Nov 24, 2008