[YAF-announce] BHFH: Gina & Heidi NortonSmith: marriage equality Sunday 9/28 1 pm

[Holly Baldwin]

Please join us for the next talk in the **Beacon Hill Friends House series
on Radical Witness
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Our faith journey to becoming a family -- radical witness for equal marriage
*A talk by Gina and Heidi NortonSmith**

Sunday, 9/28 at 1 pm
Beacon Hill Friends House
6 Chestnut St
Boston, MA 02108

**Gina and Heidi Nortonsmith* attend Northampton Friends' Meeting with their
two sons.  Together since 1990, Gina and Heidi first celebrated their
commitment with a public ceremony of friends and family in 1993.

Gina and Heidi describe their talk as, Our faith journey to becoming a
family -- radical witness for equal marriage. After becoming parents, they
sought to create legal protections for their children in the absence of
state recognition of their family structure.  Ultimately, they chose to sue
their home state in a landmark case that in 2004 established a right to
equal marriage for same-gender couples throughout Massachusetts.  Throughout
their legal battle, Gina and Heidi drew heavily on their Quaker faith and
community, both in maintaining their integrity and purpose and in framing
their role in this divisive and politically-charged issue in a loving and
spirit-filled context for their young sons*.

Simple lunch: 12:15
Talk: 1:00
Refreshments following the talk.

For directions to Beacon Hill Friends House see www.bhfh.org

Holly Baldwin
hbaldwin at bhfh.org
617-227-9118
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