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Last November, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that same-sex marriages are legal in the state. It has since decided that civil unions for same-sex couples would not be an acceptable alternative to full marriage status...
Human Rights Commission President Cheryl Jacques and Mary L. Bonauto, the attorney for the same-sex couple who filed the suit heard by the SJC, pulled out after expected media interest in the event didn’t materialize, according to HRC Deputy Director of Media Relations Mark Shields...
...We’ve heard from the court, but not from the people....This issue is too important to leave to a one-vote majority of the SJC,” he said...
...Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) rules that limiting marriage to heterosexual couples is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to take action...
...SJC clarifies its earlier ruling, rejecting a proposed civil unions bill in the state Senate and paving the way for gay marriage in the state...