A look at the historic November 18, 2003 ruling in GLAD’s case Goodridge v. DPH which made Massachusetts the first state in the U.S. where same-sex couples could marry. The video celebrates the powerful and beautiful decision authored by then Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, and explores the impact the ruling has had in the national movement for LGBT equality. Featuring interviews with the Chief Justice, GLAD Attorney and Goodridge lead counsel Mary L. Bonauto and plaintiffs David Wilson and Robert Compton, as well as Former Congressman Barney Frank, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand, MA Reps Byron Rushing and Carl Sciortino, MA Attorney General Martha Coakley, Bishop Gene Robinson, Evan Wolfson and Professor Laurence H. Tribe
Author: Joe.My.God
Date: 29 October 2013
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