The three Massachusetts Republicans vying for the Bay State’s open U.S. Senate seat held their first debate on Wednesday night.  Candidates Mike Sullivan, Dan Winslow and Gabriel Gomez were asked to give their views on two marriage-related questions: Is the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) constitutional? Should states have the right to maintain discriminatory [...]

Facebook has gone Valentine’s Day red this week as Americans show their support for marriage equality while the U.S. Supreme Court hears the Proposition 8 and federal Defense of Marriage Act cases. The Congressional delegation from Massachusetts has not missed this opportunity to reiterate their unequivocal support for the right of loving, committed same-sex couples [...]

Five candidates — two Democrats and three Republicans — are vying for the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts vacated by John Kerry.  All of these candidates support marriage equality except Mike Sullivan, a Republican, who thinks that gays should be barred from civil marriage.  Boston Globe reports: Speaking to reporters in the morning and to [...]