Breslauer said the two women were focused on trying to do what is best for their
10-year-old daughter, Annie.
Carisa Cunningham, a spokeswoman for the gay rights legal group that
represented the Goodridges, said she was saddened by the news.
"We're sad for them and feel that their priority, as it always has been, is
their daughter," Cunningham said.
"We respect their desire for privacy right now and we respect everything
they've done for the community," she added.
In 2004, Massachusetts became the first US state to permit same-sex marriage
after its high court ruled that preventing such unions violated the state
constitution.
Same-sex marriage advocates estimate that thousands of gay couples have since
tied the knot in the state.
