Worcester Mass. clerk won't challenge gays (on residency) | Boston Globe

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Worcester clerk won't challenge gays
Declines to question applicant residency

By Jessica Bennett, Globe Correspondent | April 17, 2004

The Worcester city clerk said yesterday that he would not question gay couples seeking marriage licenses about their residency, becoming the second municipal official to ignore state officials who say gays from out of state will not be allowed to get married here.

Worcester City Clerk David J. Rushford said he would not ask whether same-sex couples filling out marriage applications intend to become residents of Massachusetts, saying that city clerks "shouldn't have to become the marriage police."

"It's not part of marriage law to challenge people," Rushford said, adding that his intent was not to be defiant, but to seek clarification from state officials. "It's not part of the Massachusetts law, it's not part of the regulations, and it's not the process we've ever used."

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1. Mass says you're resident day 1 if you want to be - so GOP out of it as

usual.

The best they can force - for them - is a 3 step

Declare you are a resident, get married, change from new Mass residence to former "home" residence. They may be able to force the presentation of a hotel bill.

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2. What about homeless people?

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3. If there isn't a residency requirement under MA law then they are right

Apparently only Indiana and Wisconsin have any residency requirements.

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4. the marriage law does have some residency concepts - but in Mass

you are a resident moment one in Mass - if you so declare.