By Representative Rushing of Boston and Senator Rosenberg, joint petition (accompanied by bill, 1710) of Byron Rushing and others relative to equal access to civil marriage. The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

 


Byron Rushing

Stanley C. Rosenberg

Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.

Barbara A. L'Italien

David Paul Linsky

Matthew C. Patrick

Louis L. Kafka

Benjamin Swan

Ruth B. Balser

William N. Brownsberger

Kay Khan

Alice K. Wolf

Douglas W. Petersen

Gloria L. Fox

Patricia D. Jehlen

Martha M. Walz

Edward M. Augustus, Jr.

Rachel Kaprielian

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

Peter V. Kocot

Elizabeth A. Malia

Michael E. Festa

Theodore C. Speliotis

John W. Scibak

Denise Provost

Sarah K. Peake

 

 


 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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 An Act to protect Massachusetts families through equal access to civil marriage.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:


 

SECTION 1. Chapter 207 is hereby amended by adding the following new section:—

Section 37A. Any person who otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of this chapter may marry any other eligible person regardless of gender.