A Civil Right: 20 Years of Marriage Equality in Massachusetts

This is a hybrid event. FREE for MHS Members. $10 per person fee (in person). No charge for virtual attendees or Card to Culture participants (EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare). The in-person reception starts at 5:30 and the program will begin at 6:00. 

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Twenty years ago, in May 2004, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling in Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health legalizing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts took effect. The ruling made Massachusetts the first state to legalize gay marriage. Former Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall will discuss the import of Goodridge, as well as the reaction to it. Professor Nancy Cott will explain the part that a historians’ amicus brief played in this case and others. In conversation with MHS President Catherine Allgor, our speakers will reflect upon this landmark case, and the role historians may play in legal cases.

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