At exactly midnight tonight, Vermont will become the sixth state to officially recognize same-sex marriage.

“Vermont’s gay marriage law began taking effect at midnight on Tuesday, a little over four months after state lawmakers voted to override Gov. Jim Douglas’ veto of the legislation and added to the number of states who have legalized same-sex marriage.

Vermont is the first state to legalize same-sex marriages without an order from the court. Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Iowa all allowed such marriages only after bitter court battles.”

A bit of a crash today after a week of intense build-up. So a couple of days of down time to regroup around the Project (and take some much needed R&R). BLOG break until Monday…

Wow, the Romeos are now married! (At least legally…the spiritual union will take place next August, 2010 on our 10th anniversary). Still yesterday’s ceremony was poignant and powerful. To have our “gay” relationship legally recognized by the Commonwealth of MA was more moving to me than I anticipated. Marriage equality is an enormous step in the direction of equal citizenship and equal rights. I am still amazed at the number of people who, seeing us in our ceremonial garb, sincerely congratulated us upon being told the occasion. It is a great state this Massachusetts!

Day 1: first “official” day of The WEDLOCK Project. The year-long WEDLOCK Project conceptualized over the past two years by artists TTBaum and Michael Grohall was successfully launched today. Today was our 9th anniversary and the day we chose to “tie the knot” legally at City Hall in Boston. The entire day could not have unfolded any more perfectly. In our Indian grooms’ wedding outfits we took City Hall by storm (and turned many a head—link to gallery). Two couples joined us for the ceremony along with photographer Nathaniel Fink. See NEWS for additional info.

Interestingly enough, the Wedsday 8/19 cover of the New York Times featured an article about Theodore B. Olson’s court case challenging the constitutional legality of Prop 8 before the U.S. Supreme Court. The article entitled: The Road to Championing Same-Sex Marriage can be read at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/us/19olson.html. It is an articulate report on why a conservative lawyer (he argued and won Bush vs. Gore before the Supreme Court) would tackle the cause of same-sex marriage. Check it out!