Their weddings made history. Twenty years later, their love endures.
When Heidi and Gina Nortonsmith fought the state of Massachusetts for their right to marry in the early 2000s, they fought as a family.
As plaintiffs in what would become a historic case, the two mothers waited at home every morning for months, anticipating news of a decision. A bag packed with clothes for their two sons, Avery and Quinn, stood ready if a drive from Northampton to Boston for a press conference would be necessary.
The parents were one of seven same-sex couples suing the state in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, a case that had
