Patrick nominates first openly gay justice to Mass. high court

Dan82 · Apr 4, 2011

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/04/source_patrick.html

Governor Deval Patrick made history again today with one of his judicial selections, nominating Barbara A. Lenk, an associate justice of the state Appeals Court who is married to a same-sex partner, to a seat on the Supreme Judicial Court.

If confirmed by the Governor’s Council, Lenk would be the first openly gay judge on the state’s highest court. She would also be the only justice who was married as a result of the court’s landmark 2003 ruling that made Massachusetts the first state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004.

The nomination of Lenk comes after the governor named Roderick Ireland to be the first African-American chief justice of the SJC, and Fernande R.V. Duffly to be the first Asian-American judge on the state’s high court. Patrick has spoken of his desire to make the judiciary and other branches of government more reflective of the state's diversity...

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/04/source_patrick.html
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roborama · Apr 4, 2011

yayyyyyy!!

Patrick nominates first openly gay justice to Mass. high court

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