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Wednesday, December 03, 2003

Kirchick supports unions being recognized!

But the events of Nov. 18, 2003, proved to be an exception. On that day, the Massachusetts Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the much anticipated case of Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, stating that gay people, like straight people, have the right to get married in a union recognized by the state. Throughout history, gays have been excluded from mainstream society in a myriad of fashions (marriage being the most visible), and in the words of the court, "That exclusion is incompatible with the constitutional principles of respect for individual autonomy and equality under law." The majority opinion was written by Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, whose jurisprudence is heavily influenced by the fact that she grew up as a white woman fighting apartheid in South Africa.

Take note of this. It's an important first.

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