<h3>Gay marriage ban ruled unconstitutional</h3>

My position has long been that homosexual couples should have the same rights and benefits as married heterosexual couples as long as they have made a legal partnership or union. The problem is that there are very few places that allow such unions.

Today's ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Court that it is unconstitutional to ban same-sex marriages goes one step closer to giving homosexual couples the same rights as the rest of us.


From BBC:

Massachusetts backs gay marriage

The US state of Massachusetts has ruled that same-sex couples are legally entitled to marry.

Massachusetts could become the first state to recognise gay marriage.

But the Supreme Judicial Court stopped short of ordering that marriage licences be issued to seven gay couples who challenged the law.

Gay marriage is banned in the US, but one state, Vermont, has enacted a law which gives same-sex couples the rights of traditional marriages.

The Massachusetts court ruled that barring same-sex couples from the benefits of civil marriage was "unconstitutional." (read more)