Richard Adams, early figure in gay marriage, dies

By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 | 1 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — Richard Adams, who used both the altar and the courtroom to help begin the push for gay marriage four decades before it reached the center of the national consciousness, has died, his attorney said Sunday. After a brief illness, Adams died Dec. 17 at age 65 in the Hollywood home he shared with Tony Sullivan, his partner of 43 years, attorney Lavi Soloway told The Associated Press. "Theirs was a pretty remarkable story," Soloway said in an email. "They were far ahead of their time when they took up the fight to have their legal Colorado marriage ...

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By FreedomRadio (Joan Respondi)

Dec. 23, 2012

2:56 p.m.

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Author, normally in an article like this the cause of death is included. Did you intentionally omit it? If so, why?
By Roslenda (Roberta Anderson)

Dec. 24, 2012

10:57 a.m.

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Equal protection under the law. So-called marriage limiters need to take the money and laws out of their defense--so long as our tax code (and residency laws) favor heterosexuals..... I don't care what gets you thru the night--if it doesn't involve force, children, animals.