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The plaintiffs appealed instantly to the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), which heard arguments on March 4, 2003. Mary Bonauto of Glad argued the case for the plaintiffs. Seven exact-sex couples represented by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (Glad) initiated a lawsuit in point out courtroom, Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, on April 11, 2001. Glad legal professional, Jennifer Levi, argued the circumstance in Superior Court on behalf of the plaintiffs. Same-intercourse relationship by itself was almost never outlined or resolved instantly in the course of these many years. The yrs of practical experience of an aged couple's relationship, happy or normally, would then be mirrored in their faces. The four Roman Catholic bishops of Massachusetts, extensive distracted by the revelations of the sexual abuse of minors by clergymen, did not tackle the problem until eventually late May, when they requested pastors to browse and publish a statement to mobilize their parishioners to call their legislators to urge then to assist the constitutional modification. |
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