Mass. marks eighth anniversary of gay marriages

7 News Thursday 17th May, 2012

BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts is marking eight years since it became the first state in the country where same sex couples could legally wed. Thursday marks the anniversary of the day when the historic Supreme Judicial Court ruling took effect and couples could marry. Lawmakers would later allow out-of-state gay couples to marry here. The group MassEquality, which supported the court decision, said 18,462 same-sex couples have wed in Massach...

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