Politics & Government

Mayor Walsh, City of Boston Sign on to Pro-Gay Marriage Brief

Walsh is credited by LGBTQ rights organizations as one of the key influencers in making marriage equality a reality.

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Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the City of Boston signed on to the Freedom to Marry Brief Friday in support of marriage equality for same-sex couples, according to a recent press release.

In 2014 the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that gay men and lesbians, unlike all other individuals, have no fundamental right to marry. This session the U.S. Supreme Court is taking up a case that would resolve this question and if the Freedom to Marry opinion prevails, end same-sex couples’ exclusion from marriage nationwide.

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