Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
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goodridge-v-department-of-public-health-162-11053163
title:
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
text:
Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health, 798 N.E.2d 941, is a landmark Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case in which the Court held that the Massachusetts Constitution requires the state to legally recognize same-sex marriage. The November 18, 2003, decision was the first by a U.S. state's highest court to find that same-sex couples had the right to marry. Despite numerous attempts to delay the ruling, and to reverse it, the first marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples on May 17, 200
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2003 US state court case which legalized gay marriage in Massachusetts
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodridge_v._Department_of_Public_Health
date created:
2003-11-18T23:07:50Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T21:41:09Z
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