Newton’s justice of the peace Gayle Smalley read the marriage vows for Maureen Brodoff  (left) and Ellen Wade.

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Recommitting to history, 10 years after making it

For Maureen Brodoff and Ellen Wade, the decade since the landmark Goodridge decision has brought joys. By Sarah Schweitzer

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A decade ago, some hoped — while others feared — that something fundamental had changed in American society.

Partners, state near wide-ranging deal

The agreement would allow a long-planned takeover of South Shore Hospital to move forward, but would limit Partners’ future growth and control health services costs.

Braintree High senior Kevin Howard got Shawn Thornton of the Bruins to help him ask Alyssa Willis to the prom.

A new frontier in a season of excess

Publicly asking a date to prom is so popular that in some schools it has become a competition.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/iStock_000013316546XLarge2.jpg The lost art of dating

Why offer students an assignment to go on a date? Because, one Boston College instructor says, they don’t know how.

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Dias Kadyrbayev reportedly said “everything that I signed, I signed it on my own.”

Opinion

opinion | E.J. Graff

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Same%20sex%20marriage-1171625.jpg The fight for marriage equality

The book about the real movement for marriage equality is yet to be written. Just remember: The victory started here.

Movies

Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/12/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/GZ-FP-010r-001.jpg In ‘Godzilla,’ San Francisco is in for a big surprise

The film is an uneven spectacle that can’t sustain its solid first-half character moments.