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  • By contrast, when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that gays were entitled to marry in Goodridge, it refused to give the state legislature any leeway in enforcement.

    Balkinization 2006

  • By contrast, when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that gays were entitled to marry in Goodridge, it refused to give the state legislature any leeway in enforcement.

    Balkinization 2006

  • John Goodridge is a Professor at Nottingham Trent University.

    About this edition 2009

  • The hamlet was originally called Goodridge, for its founder, and then Mexican Hat, for the huge sombrero-shaped red rock outside of town.

    Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

  • I told my classes ... that as far as the electoral college goes, at least (probably less so the popular vote), you have four people to thank/blame for Ohio-the four majority justices of the Mass SJC in Goodridge.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Ohio and same-sex marriage: 2004

  • Plaintiffs in the Massachusetts freedom-to-marry case, they were a committed couple for several years when, in anticipation of the birth of their daughter, Annie, they took the shared last name Goodridge to help bond their growing family and acknowledge their increased and shared family responsibilities.

    Why Marriage Matters Evan Wolfson 2004

  • Plaintiffs in the Massachusetts freedom-to-marry case, they were a committed couple for several years when, in anticipation of the birth of their daughter, Annie, they took the shared last name Goodridge to help bond their growing family and acknowledge their increased and shared family responsibilities.

    Why Marriage Matters Evan Wolfson 2004

  • The case, which gained national attention, was known as Goodridge v Department of Health.

    365 Gay News 2009

  • If David were correct - that judges who “for whatever reason” substitute their judgement for a legislature’s are called “activist” - then the same conservatives who called Goodridge the Massachusetts decision in favor of gay marriage “judicial activism” would also be criticizing decisions like Boy Scouts of America v.

    Alas, a blog » 2004 » August 2004

  • If David were correct - that judges who “for whatever reason” substitute their judgement for a legislature’s are called “activist” - then the same conservatives who called Goodridge the Massachusetts decision in favor of gay marriage “judicial activism” would also be criticizing decisions like Boy Scouts of America v.

    Activist Judges 2004

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