|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Mass. High Court Rules for Gay Marriage
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Container
|
| Contributor | Bob |
| Last Edited | Bob Feb 04, 2004 10:47am |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | Press Release |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Wednesday, February 4, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BOSTON - The Massachusetts high court ruled Wednesday that only full, equal marriage rights for gay couples — rather than civil unions — would be constitutional, erasing any doubts that the nation's first same-sex marriages would take place in the state beginning in mid-May.
The court issued the opinion in response to a request from the state Senate about whether Vermont-style civil unions, which convey the state benefits of marriage — but not the title — would meet constitutional muster.
The much-anticipated opinion sets the stage for next week's constitutional convention, where the Legislature will consider an amendment that would legally define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Without the opinion, Senate President Robert Travaglini had said the vote would be delayed.
|
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
