Today in history: 1st same-sex couple legally married in Massachusetts
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WPRI) — History was made 19 years ago at Cambridge City Hall. On May 17, 2004, Marcia Kadish and Tanya McCloskey of Malden became...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WPRI) — History was made 19 years ago at Cambridge City Hall. On May 17, 2004, Marcia Kadish and Tanya McCloskey of Malden became the first same-sex partners legally married in the United States. On that day, 77 other same-sex couples tied the knot across the state, while hundreds more applied for marriage licenses. The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional in November 2003, giving the state 180 days to change the law. Efforts to amend the constitution to ban same-sex marriages but recognize civil unions were struck down.