Mass. Senate Votes to Repeal Marriage Law

[struggle4progress]

Wednesday May 19, 2004 8:31 PM
The Democrat-controlled state Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to repeal the 1913 law that Republican Gov. Mitt Romney is using to bar out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts.
The repeal was approved 28-3 as part of the Senate version of the state budget. For the law to be wiped from the books, the repeal would have to get through the far more conservative House and then survive a certain veto by Romney.
The 81-year-old law bars nonresidents from marrying in Massachusetts if the union would not be legal in their home state. Because no other state allows gay marriage, Romney has argued that out-of-state couples are prohibited from marrying here.
A day after gay marriage became legal in Massachusetts on Monday, Romney requested copies of all marriage applications filled out by gay couples in Provincetown, Somerville, Springfield and Worcester - four municipalities that openly defied Romney's order not to marry nonresident gay couples.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4109327,00.html

In yer face, Guv'ner!:)

[Imalittleteapot]

1. Hooray for Mass! I long to live in that state --

as Texas regresses. :bounce:

[DieboldMustDie]

2. In 1913 a "union [that] would not be legal in their home state"

would primarily have been referring to anti-miscegenation laws. A law with that ugly a history should have been repealed years ago.

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x567044