Marriage Equality. Hooray for Massachusetts!

When I wrote that marrying has taught me why everyone should be able to do this, and that they must get the rights that go along with it, I was not optimistic that the legislature would keep the question from reaching a statewide ballot. But my pessimism was vindicated today.

Deval Patrick, recently elected governor, played an important leadership role and deserves thanks, along with many other people.

Imagine for a moment that just a couple years after happily marrying, the state in which you live threatened to take away your marriage, and with it the rights that spouses enjoy. That's what some of our friends may have been facing if the measure was not defeated today. We couldn't be more relieved and happy.

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