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Massachusetts Issues Landmark Ruling

November 18, 2003: In a decision sure to affect other states, the Massachusetts Judicial Supreme Court has ruled that banning gay and lesbian marriages is unconstitutional.

4 minute read November 18, 2003 at 10:11 AM
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Shari A. Levitan And Ellen Schiffer Berkowitz
Massachusetts Issues Landmark Ruling

On November 18, 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a 4-3 decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, concerning the constitutionality of the denial of same-sex marriages in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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