Towleroad and everybody else is reporting that the Massachusetts House has voted to repeal a law enacted in 1913 that prohibits out-of-state couples from marrying in Massachusetts if the marriage would be invalid in their home state. The state senate approved the repeal two weeks ago and Massachusetts Governor Deval Read more »
Category Archives: Legal
We’re official!
Just got our certificate in today’s mail. Yes, I did obscure a few details. No point in making things too easy for identity thieves.
Massachusetts gets rid of an antiquated law
Via the NY Times, great news from Massachusetts: Massachusetts may have been the first state to legalize same-sex marriage for its residents, but when California last month invited out-of-state gay and lesbian couples to get married, the potential economic benefits did not go unnoticed here. Now Massachusetts wants to extend Read more »
Prosecution for married couples?
Wisconsin has a law, going back to 1915, that’s meant to keep underage couples from marrying in another state, but its provisions might apply to same-sex marriages contracted in California. The Madison, Wis., Capital Times reports: Wisconsin is a state that imposes criminal penalties on residents if they enter a Read more »
AZ Senate puts gay marriage proposal on ballot
I spoke too soon. After the measure was first defeated, Arizona’s state senate has approved the anti–same-sex-marriage amendment. From the Arizona Republic: In the final hours of one of the longest state legislative sessions on record, state Senators approved a measure sending a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage to the Read more »
Ban on same-sex marriage fails in Arizona Senate
Ron and I lived in Arizona for six years and we still have lots of friends there, so I was glad to read this on azcentral.com: The Arizona Senate has rejected a proposal that would have asked voters to amend the state constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage. The 14-11 vote Read more »