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By adamg on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 7:48am
The Jamaica Plain Gazette opined yesterday:
President Obama finally caught up with Jamaica Plain today on same-sex marriage, declaring his personal support for it in a groundbreaking announcement.
The Gazette noted that the lawsuit that made us the first state to legalize same-sex marriage had several JP plaintiffs, including Julie and Hillary Goodridge, for whom the case was named.
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NASA continues to search for life on other planets revolving around JP.
They forgot to follow up
Alas, the Goodridge's got divorced, as is their right.
Hillary Goodridge
later moved to Roslindale, so perhaps JP wasn't such a great place after all.
Oh noes!
The married gays have now made divorce a universal right. That means that heterosexual divorce just isn't special anymore!
They are ruining the sanctity of divorce!
One man and one woman, parting their ways may now be forced to stick together!
No, you forgot to follow up
No, you forgot to follow up and read the piece before commenting. It talks about the divorce, too.
Hey it only took him 3 years
Hey it only took him 3 years to come around to agree with my stance on the subject!
Thats ok
It only took you 8 years to open the closet door and acknowledge your own daughter in public.
Long before it had a diverse gay community,
JP had a solid lesbian community that contributed much to make it the place it is today. Yesterday was a great day and I was pleased to see the JP Patch acknowledge it. No one's claiming we're the center of the universe, but as the long-time home of many famous and influential lesbians and gay men, it was appropriate for our local Patch to fly our flag.
No one's claiming we're the
Northamptom wouldn't let you get away with it.
Northamptom wouldn't let you
Northampton is a resort in the middle of the woods.
With the revelation in the news tonight of a young Willard Romney chasing down closeted gay youth with his friends to hold them down on the ground and cut their hair, I have to wonder if the Obama administration was preemptively announcing his evolution or if he was just lucky.
Northampton doesn't
Northampton doesn't exist...
I should know. I used to live there.
Of course, what would this be without a cocktail?
$11 at the Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro gets you an Obama - lillet, gin, blueberry and tonic.
No arugula?
No arugula?