By Vania Raebel | October 4, 2019
The Bay State, Part 2
There are many things to love about Massachusetts: it’s the home Dunkin’ Donuts, the Boston Celtics, the New England Patriots, the Boston Red Sox, Cape Cod, and many other wonderful things. But, what many people love most about the state is the fact that it was the first in the country to legalize same-sex marriage.
On May 17, 2004, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to only allow heterosexual couples to get married. It was the first state in the US and the sixth jurisdiction in the world to issue marriage licenses to LGBTQ couples. The first couple to wed in Cambridge were Tanya McCloskey and Marcia Kadish. Margaret Dury officiated their wedding, making her the first City Clerk in the country to do so.
