SJC: No Halt to Marriage

C.J. Doyle last year sought that the stay on the judgment in Goodridge (scheduled to go into effect in May of last year) be extended until such time as a possible constitutional amendment could be brought to the voters. His request was rejected by the single justice to whom he brought his request, and same sex marriage became a fact as of last May.

Doyle brought his appeal to the full court, asking that the now entered Goodridge judgment be recalled and a new, indefinite stay put on its enforcement. Today the full court affirmed the decision by the single justice.