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Alum backs Mass.gay marriage law

Cheryl Jacques, BC '84, president and executive director of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the largest GLBT organization in the country, returned to her alma mater to talk to students about her work with the organization and the state of gay issues in the country. GLBT Issues, BC Alumni Association, and the Women's Resource Center sponsored the event. Jacques is a former Massachusetts State Senator and spoke at the Democratic National Convention this year. During Jacques' time in the state senate, she argued successfully for the inclusion of sexual orientation in Massachusetts's Hate Crimes Statute and established standby guardians for children

Masschusetts activists continue to debate gay marriage.

The concept of gay marriage has ignited intense debates across the country. As the first and only state to legally allow homosexual couples to marry, Massachusetts has made its controversial mark on history. Yet, gay rights were brought to the forefront in Massachusetts over the past several months following two landmark cases. In March, Gov. Mitt Romney said he planned to propose a bill that would grant the Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Boston's adoption services a religious exemption that would allow them to discriminate against gay couples. In the same month, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a 1913 law

EU backs gay man’s pension rights

Tadao Maruko's partner died in 2005 but the pension fund refused him a widower's pension and the case was sent to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The court ruled that refusing a pension was direct discrimination if the partnership was comparable to marriage. Mr Maruko's lawyers predict the case will have repercussions in EU countries where same-sex partnerships are legal. "I'm happy. It's a very important step," lawyer Helmut Graupner told the BBC News website. "This will help all those countries which have registered partnerships. It's the first time the ECJ has ruled in favour of same-sex couples."

Brains opt not for Ohio

In Gov. Bob Taft's recent State of the State Address, he primarily focused on the importance of creating and maintaining good jobs for Ohioans. According to Taft, an important element of this push to improve Ohio's employment situation is attracting the kind of cutting-edge businesses that will fuel the economy in the 21st century. He has repeatedly pushed for such commitments to high-tech jobs through his Third Frontier Project, which seeks to promote advances in the fields of biotechnology and fuel cell research and new medical equipment. The Third Frontier Project is also part of an effort to combat Ohio's purported "brain

Companies refuse benefits to same-sex spouses

Some Mass. employers with federally regulated health plans have decided not to extend health benefits to spouses of gay workers, saying the plans are not bound by the state's same-sex marriage law. General Dynamics Corp., FedEx Corp. and Caritas Christi Health Care are among the employers that do not provide married gay workers in Massachusetts with the same health benefits available to heterosexual married couples. "In determining the definition of dependent spouse, General Dynamics applies the spouse definition from the federal Defense of Marriage Act," the Virginia-based defense contractor, which has 3,000 workers in Massachusetts, said in a statement to