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Massachusetts celebrates 20 years of legalizing same-sex marriage

A celebration service was held in Boston Friday to recognize 20 years since the first same-sex marriages were legalized in Massachusetts. ....

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Two Mass. teen killers serving life sentences seek parole

A ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 2013 found that it was unconstitutional to sentence juveniles convicted of first-degree murder to life without parole, making Gerard McCra, who was 15 when he shot and killed his parents and younger sister in 1993 in Rochester, and Richard Baldwin, who was 16 when he shot and killed his teen girlfriend in 1992 in Groveland, eligible for parole hearings. ....

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Family of Beth Brodie, killed in Groveland in 1992, fights killer's possible parole – NECN

Beth Brodie was beaten to death with a baseball bat in Groveland, Massachusetts; more than 30 years later, her killer, Richard Baldwin, is up for parole ....

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What marriage means to these same-sex couples

Twenty years ago, the first LGBTQ couples were married in Massachusetts. The state was the first in the country to legalize same-sex marriage. ....

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Massachusetts Court Ruled on 'Under God' in Pledge in Schools

Massachusetts public school students can pledge allegiance to the flag, and the pledge can include the words 'under God.' ....

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