grrrr

[rm]

If I want to marry a man somewhere other than New York (such as say, Massachusetts) and come back to live in New York, I can do that. But if it's a girl, apparently I fucking can't. Is MA really going to start denying marriage licenses to straight couples looking for marry, but not settle, there for whatever reason?

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Gay-Marriage.html

Grrrrr. grrrrr. grrrr.

Comments

[lordcamiliano.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of a marriage license being invalid from state to state for straight couples. Sounds to me like it'd be unfair and wrong to limit gay couples that way.

[iterum.livejournal.com]

It's a sad holdover from the days when some states banned interracial marriages, but still on the books here in MA. Some states might have stricter minimum ages or degree-of-relation restrictions for marriage, in which case I assume Massachusetts clerks couldn't issue them licenses. But maybe someone with actual experience in this matter, or legal education, could tell me I'm full o' crap here.

RM: As far as I know, Romney has required this law to be enforced from the very beginning, so unfortunately it's not an issue of whether MA is "really going to start denying" the licenses in such circumstances, but whether they'll stop. I have a vague recollection that when I got married we had to sign something saying we were either MA residents or else legally allowed to marry in our home state.

Possibly some MA clerks have issued licenses anyway in violation of the law. Go them. Watch for this matter to work its way up to a US Supreme Court near you.