Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/13/2002
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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