A group that helped legalize same-sex marriage in Massachusetts and Connecticut now wants to do the same in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island by 2012.
GLAD – which stands for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders – announced its campaign yesterday, on the fifth anniversary of the court decision that legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. GLAD also backed the case that led Connecticut to start allowing same-sex couples to marry this month.
Executive Director Lee Swislow says that by using know-how and experience from those fights, it wants to bring around Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island by 2012.
GLAD says it will work in the courts and with groups that support same-sex marriage in each of those states.