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Equal Marriage - Last Ditch Attacks
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In the last few weeks leading up to May 17, 2004,
when same-sex couples would begin getting married, conservatives hostile to
marriage equality launched desperate attacks to undermine the Goodridge decision. However,
GLAD responded, argued that the suits were unfounded, and won.
- C.J. Doyle of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts
-- Petition to extend the stay in Goodridge. This petition was
heard by a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court and denied
May 3, 2004. On May 27, 2005, the SJC dismissed the case, ending the
last legal challenge to same-sex couples marrying in Massachusetts.
Read:
- American Center for Law and Justice -- Motion to vacate
judgment argues that the SJC did not have jurisdiction to decide the Goodridge
case. This motion was denied May 7, 2004.
Read:
- Ray Flynn, former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican filed a
similar motion. In light of the ACLJ denial, a hearing on this similar
motion was canceled on May 11, 2004. Flynn appealed to a single
justice of the SJC, GLAD responded, and the motion was denied on May
14, 2004
Read Justice Spina's decision
- The Liberty Counsel, a Florida-based conservative legal
organization, filed in federal court for a temporary restraining order
to stop the issuance of marriage licenses on May 17. The motion was
denied by U.S. District Judge Joseph L. Tauro on May 13, and again on
appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals on June 29. On November 29, 2004, the U.S.
Supreme Court declined to hear the case.
Read:
'Freedom to Marry Rings'
image upper right © H. Mitchell.
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