So the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. Of course, it’s too early to tell what, exactly, the outcome will be. I have a feeling that the anti-gay-marriage forces will be put on the defensive; after all, a constitutional amendment is harder to pass than regular legislation. At the same time, Gov. Romney and House Speaker Finneran clearly oppose gay marriage and will work against it. Other than that, I don’t have any inside insight into the political chances of gay marriage ever becoming a possibility in Massachusetts.
Still, symbolic as this victory is (and I’ve written before that while gay activists inevitably bring up examples of material oppression, their investment in marriage is symbolic, of being treated as first-class citizens), it’s certainly exciting and makes me proud to live here.
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