BOSTON/Boston Common - Immediately following the yes vote on Maine's Question 1, the "Maine Same-Sex Marriage People's Veto," over 100 Mass. gay marriage advocates held a protest on Boston Common next to the Park Street T stop on Wednesday evening. The question was put on the ballot by Stand for Marriage Maine - a coalition of conservative religious and social organizations - to overturn Maine's recently-passed gay marriage law. It was opposed by the progressive coalition Protect Maine Equality. Both the pro- and anti-Question 1 forces had significant support on the national and state levels during the closely watched campaign - which was widely viewed as a barometer of the prospects for the success of the gay marriage movement around the U.S.

BOSTON and Cambridge, MA - What happens when a sitting President gives two speeches in your city in a single day? Well, if you live in Boston, you get two protests - one for each appearance by the Commander-in-Chief.


The action kicked off late Friday morning at MIT - where approximately 600 people gathered along Mass. Ave. in front of the Stratton Student Center. Nearby, inside Kresge Auditorium, Pres. Barack Obama spoke to a capacity crowd on US clean energy initiatives. Though the vast majority of the crowd gathered in the hopes of seeing Obama, over 60 people - most organized on short notice by the Boston area anti-war coalition United for Justice with Peace and the environmental organization Secure Green Future - held signs to protest the US occupation of Afghanistan, inaction on climate change, health care reform and foreign policy towards Iran, among other issues.