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Opponents lose bid to halt gay marriage

Supreme Court rejects request for injuction

By Shelley Murphy and Kathleen Burge
Globe Staff / May 15, 2004

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Opponents of gay marriage failed in their last-minute attempt to derail gay marriage yesterday when the US Supreme Court refused to grant an emergency order halting same-sex marriages in Massachusetts, hours after a federal appeals court in Boston had denied a similar request. The rejection by the Supreme Court removed the remaining legal impediment to same-sex marriage beginning Monday in ... (Full Article: 860 Words)

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