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Albano v. Attorney General

Citations

  • 437 Mass. 156

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  • common purpose found where constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage would result in uniform application to several different statutes
  • constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage would have uniform application to many different statutes
  • petition to amend the Constitution to limit marriage to one man and one woman “does not strip the court of its basic power to affirm and annul marriages”; rather, it “merely changes the underlying definition of a valid marriage”

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Judges: Cowin

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