The AP is reporting that the Massachusetts Senate has voted to repeal a 1913 law banning marriages between non-residents of the state. That law was originally passed, if memory serves, to prevent the state from becoming a hotspot for interracial marriage, as Massachusetts was unusual at the time for allowing people of different races to marry. Obviously, the impact of changing the law could be huge: gays from virtually any state could get legally married in Massachusetts and then sue their home states for not recognizing their marriage. It's not difficult to imagine this going to the Supreme Court.
The repeal must also be passed by the Massachusetts House and then signed by Gov. Deval Patrick, who has an out lesbian daughter and has indicated his support for the bill.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
These Jawns, Them Jawns - June 13, 2008
A weekly round-up of the edifying, the odd, the laudatory, the scurrilous.
The Obama campaign launches a Fight the Smears sub-site.
Camille Paglia scoffs at the idea of an Obama-Clinton ticket: "Hillary for veep? Are you mad? What party nominee worth his salt would chain himself to a traveling circus like the Bill and Hillary Show? If the sulky bearded lady wasn't biting the new president’s leg, the oafish carnival barker would be sending in the clowns to lure all the young ladies into back-of-the-tent sword-swallowing. It would be a seamy orgy of scheming and screwing." Wowzers. There's some imagery for you.
Insult to injury: annoying duck boats rescue Wisconsin flood victims. (via Philebrity)
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's daughter Katherine comes out as a lesbian.
Unicorn power! Single-horned deer found in Italy.
Hollywood in the 215: Transformers 2 is filming on the Penn campus as I type. Photos here.
DISCOVERED: Reel Geezers, two hilarious octogenarians who review movies. I recommend their Superbad review. (via Andrew Sullivan)
REDISCOVERED: Philly-based art and clothing collective Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction produce fun t-shirts and other stuff, and their website is cute, to boot!
Photo: AP/Center of Natural Sciences, Prato, Italy
The Obama campaign launches a Fight the Smears sub-site.
Camille Paglia scoffs at the idea of an Obama-Clinton ticket: "Hillary for veep? Are you mad? What party nominee worth his salt would chain himself to a traveling circus like the Bill and Hillary Show? If the sulky bearded lady wasn't biting the new president’s leg, the oafish carnival barker would be sending in the clowns to lure all the young ladies into back-of-the-tent sword-swallowing. It would be a seamy orgy of scheming and screwing." Wowzers. There's some imagery for you.
Insult to injury: annoying duck boats rescue Wisconsin flood victims. (via Philebrity)Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's daughter Katherine comes out as a lesbian.
Unicorn power! Single-horned deer found in Italy.
Hollywood in the 215: Transformers 2 is filming on the Penn campus as I type. Photos here.
DISCOVERED: Reel Geezers, two hilarious octogenarians who review movies. I recommend their Superbad review. (via Andrew Sullivan)
REDISCOVERED: Philly-based art and clothing collective Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction produce fun t-shirts and other stuff, and their website is cute, to boot!
Photo: AP/Center of Natural Sciences, Prato, Italy
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