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Gay Marriage in Massachusetts

10/15/2008 - By Kim Knox Beckius

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Massachusetts became the first state in America to legally permit gay marriage on May 17, 2004. The law allowing same-sex marriage was the outcome of a November 2003 ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that declared the prohibition of gay marriage to be a violation of the state's constitution.

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