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Article: AFTER A YEAR, GAY MARRIAGE LEGACY MIXED MASSACHUSETTS COULD BECOME SOLE SANCTUARY FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE FOR YEARS TO COME.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- May 16, 2005
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Byline: Steve LeBlanc Associated Press
BOSTON -- Opponents saw it as a huge blow to the American family.
Supporters looked on it as a moment of liberation.
The first legal gay marriages in Massachusetts were a pivotal moment in America's culture wars. A year later, the legacy is mixed -- they remain legal here, and civil unions have been legalized in neighboring Connecticut, but a dozen states were propelled to prohibit same-sex weddings.
More than 6,000 same-sex couples have tied the knot in Massachusetts, many rushing to exchange vows in the days and weeks that followed the May 17 start to the weddings.
But the flurry of gay ...