Good news for the moment, anyway.

[geminigirl]

Go Mass SJC.

(Courtesy of CNN.com)



Tuesday, November 18, 2003 Posted: 10:09 AM EST (1509 GMT)



Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued their ruling in the case of Goodridge v. Department of Public Health on Tuesday.


BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Tuesday it is unconstitutional for the state to deny marriage to gay and lesbian couples, a move that could make the state the first to legalize same-sex marriages.

The Supreme Judicial Court issue the ruling in the case of Goodridge v. Department of Public Health. The lawsuit was brought by several gay and lesbian couples seeking the right to marry in Massachusetts.

Gay marriages are forbidden in the United States, although one state, Vermont, allows same-sex civil unions.

Earlier this year the U.S. Supreme Court overturned state sodomy laws, a move some conservatives said could open the door to gay marriage.

That decision and Canadian steps taken to legalize gay marriages earlier this year have intensified the debate.

(More from the Boston Globe at http://www.boston.com/news/daily/18/gay_marriage.htm)

Comments

[wait.livejournal.com]

Just got my CNN Breaking News.

Very pleased.

[roosterbear.livejournal.com]

I just hope this doesn't make the pressure for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages nationally take on more urgency with the current regime, although that moment has been creeping up for a while now on its own.

I remain cautiously optimistic about the whole thing.

[jennifer0246.livejournal.com]

and today i'm proud to be a masshole.