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Love is Love: John Adams and Marriage Equality (episode 134)
Love is Love: John Adams and Marriage Equality (episode 134)
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
May 26, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
15 years ago, the landmark case Goodridge v. Department of Public Health granted marriage rights to same-sex couples in Massachusetts. The November 18, 2003, decision was the first by a U.S. state’s highest court to find that same-sex couples had the right to marry, and it was grounded in the language of equal justice that John Adams wrote into our state constitution. Despite numerous attempts to delay the ruling, and to reverse it, the first marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples on May 17, 2004.
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Check the show notes at http://HUBhistory.com/134 and support us by going to http://patreon.com/HUBhistory
Released:
May 26, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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