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November 18, 2008
Gays, Aptly GLAD about Connecticut, Target New England
Tuesday Nov. 17, 2008
Now that gays have the right to be unhappily married like nearly half of Connecticut's heterosexual couples, the regional advocacy organization called GLAD this morning announced a new "6 x 12" campaign to push for same-sex marriage in all six New England States by 2012.
Today's the fifth anniversary that the Massachusetts Supreme Court issued its marriage-equality decision.
"We can make New England a marriage equality zone by strategically combining existing legal, electoral, and on-the-ground know-how to fast-track marriage in every New England state," said Lee Swislow, executive director of the Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders. "By 2012 we not only can have marriage equality throughout New England, we can have a road map for the rest of the country."
That map may attract California gays back to the Right Coast, after the success of Prop 8.
GLAD wants to pursue more court cases and foster grasssroots pressure on state legislatures.
"The route to marriage equality looks different in each state-not everystate is ripe for a marriage lawsuit like Massachusetts and Connecticut," said Swislow.
Posted by Ken on November 18, 2008 11:54 AM
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