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Quote Of The Day – 5 Years Of Gay Marriage

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Homosexuality, Law, Marriage, Massachusetts, Sexuality

“Having two parents who can feel and express love for each other, and give it in abundance to their children, that’s what matters. It doesn’t matter what the identities of those parents are.”
- Heidi Nortonsmith, one of the original gay couples to marry in Massachusetts in 2004.
Here’s more about how things have gone for the [...]

May 10th, 2009 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Obama Wins New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey

New Hampshire was expected, but still a swing state in the grand scheme of things.
The others were not surprises in the least.
A total of 56 electoral votes.

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Two Former Republican Governors Back Obama

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Massachusetts, McCain, Minnesota, Republicans

Yesterday is was former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson…
Carlson said Thursday that the Illinois senator’s stances on the Iraq war, the economy and green energy goals won him over. Carlson, who served from 1991 to 1998, also cited recent comments by GOP Congresswoman Michele Bachmann questioning whether politicians have “pro-America or anti-America views.”
“Regardless of our party, [...]

October 24th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Obama Adds Another High Profile Superdelegate

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Massachusetts, Super Delegates!!!

Another former DNC chair lines up.
From The Page:
Chicago, IL – Today, Former Democratic National Committee Chair and Massachusetts supderdelegate Paul G. Kirk, Jr. endorsed Barack Obama.
The endorsement brings the total number of superdelegates to endorse Barack Obama to 253. Senator Obama is 279 delegates away from securing the Democratic nomination.
This puts Obama at 16 to [...]

May 2nd, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Gay Divorce Proving Complicated

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Law, Massachusetts, Sexuality

Gay couples who married in Massachusetts but live in other states are having trouble getting divorced. It seems, early on, Massachusetts allowed out-of-state couples to get married there but currently does not allow gay divorces unless the couple establishes a year of residency in the state. Since other states do not permit gay marriages, they [...]

April 15th, 2008 | Permalink| 8 Comments »

Spinning Massachusetts

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Hillary, Massachusetts

I agree with Josh Marshall. The Clintons are trying to spin Obama loss in Massachusetts, but he made up a ton of ground in a very short amount of time.
From TPM:
In our poll tracker, we have six polls of the Massachusetts race going back to January 17th. One of those had Obama ahead, and that [...]

February 6th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Massachusetts Called For Clinton

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Massachusetts

MSNBC just called it.
Big win for Hillary since Kennedy and Kerry backed Obama.

February 5th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Polls Show Obama Closing On Hillary

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, California, Connecticut, Democrats, Hillary, Massachusetts, New York

First the national poll from Gallup, which shows that last week Clinton was up by 16 points. Now the gap is 6 points.
Clinton 42% (-2)
Obama 36% (+3)
Edwards 12% (-2)
Then Kennedy’s endorsement has helped Obama in Massachusetts…
A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Massachusetts Democratic Presidential Primary finds Hillary Clinton attracting 43% of the vote while [...]

January 30th, 2008 | Permalink| 8 Comments »