Same-Sex Marriage in Massachusetts

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By Lisa Peakes on Monday, May 17, 2004.
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Today's the day that Massachusetts becomes the first state in the nation where same-sex marriage is legal. So at midnight last night, the City of Cambridge began issuing the first marriage license applications to same-sex couples.

Beth McGuinn is with the New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition. She spoke to Morning Edition host Lisa Peakes about what this day means for gay couples around the country.

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