DOMA's Dead Day: Cambridge City Hall lawn
Channel: youcos
Date: 2013-06-27

2013-06-26 - MassEquality, the ACLU, the City of Cambridge MA, and several other groups, held a celebration on Wednesday early evening, June 26th, in front of Cambridge City Hall - the site of the country's first legal same sex marriage licenses back in 2004.

Speeches by MassEquality director Kara Suffredini, Cambridge mayor Henrietta Davis and vice-mayor Denise Simmons, MA state rep Carl Sciortino, John Miller from the MA Attorney General's office, Marcia Hams and Susan Shepherd (first same sex couple to get a marriage license in 2004), ACLU of MA communications director Chris Ott, GLAAD's executive director (I couldn't hear their name and it's not clear on their web site), Arlene Isaacson, co-chair of the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, and activist Erika Scibelli.