Only in Massachusetts? The Struggle to Preserve Gay Marriage in the Bay State

Only in Massachusetts? The Struggle to Preserve Gay Marriage in the Bay State

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The evolution of the gay marriage debate from the Goodridge decision in 2003 through the current attempts to overturn the court decision by amending the state constitution, considered as a case study of state action leading public opinion.

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Berg, John. "Only in Massachusetts? The Struggle to Preserve Gay Marriage in the Bay State" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, Apr 12, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p197480_index.html>

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Abstract: The evolution of the gay marriage debate from the Goodridge decision in 2003 through the current attempts to overturn the court decision by amending the state constitution, considered as a case study of state action leading public opinion.

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1 Only in Massachusetts? The Struggle to Preserve Gay Marriage in the Bay State John C. Berg Suffolk University On November 18 2003 the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) announced its decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health. By a 4-3 vote the court found that under the Massachusetts Constitution the Commonwealth of Massachusetts could not “deny the protections benefits and obligations conferred by civil marriage to two individuals of the same sex who wish to marry

Marriage: Why It is Good for Gays Good for Straights and Good for America. New York: Times/Henry Holt 2004. Secretary of the Commonwelath. State Ballot Question Petitions. Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth 2005. Segura Gary M. “A Symposium on the Politics of Same-Sex Marriage—an Introduction and Commentary.” PS: Political Science and Politics 38 no. 2 (April 2005): 189–93. Vose Clement E. “Litigation as a Form of Pressure Group Activity.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

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