BOSTON, July 8 (UPI) -- Massachusetts sued the U.S. government Wednesday over the Defense of Marriage Act for excluding gay married couples from certain rights, officials said.
WASHINGTON, July 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Census Bureau faces a challenge from the six states that started allowing same-sex marriage during the 10 years since the last census, officials said.
BOSTON, March 3 (UPI) -- An advocacy group sued the federal government, seeking benefits for 15 Massachusetts residents wed after the state changed its same-sex marriage law.
BOSTON, July 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Census Bureau will unfairly ignore all same-sex marriages in Massachusetts during its nationwide 2010 census, a corporate lawyer says.
LOS ANGELES, July 25 (UPI) -- Inconsistencies between state and federal laws are making it difficult for same-sex couples to get divorced, law experts say.
BOSTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The Boston-based legal advocacy group that led the fight for gay marriage in Massachusetts is pushing to expand same-sex couples' rights.
LONDON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A top British judge has come out in favor of changing marriage laws to allow same-sex couples a legal relationship close to marriage.
MIAMI, July 26 (UPI) -- Two Bradenton, Fla., women who were married in Massachusetts have filed the first suit to legalize their marriage in their home state.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 10 (UPI) -- A committee of Minnesota's state house approved a measure to let voters decide if the state constitution should define marriage as male-female only.