Same-sex marriage ban ruling [MA SJC]

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Same-sex marriage ban ruling [MA SJC]

December 27, 2006 08:50:00 pm

Doyle v. Secretary of the Commonwealth, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, December 27, 2006 [ruling unanimously that it could not force the state legislature to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage]. Read the full text of the ruling [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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