According to edgenewyork.com this week, gay couples from across the country could be getting the green light to marry in Massachusetts after three of the state’s top political leaders said they support repealing a 94-year-old law that has blocked the practice.
Accoridng to a report by Steve LeBlanc of Associated Press, while gay couples living in Massachusetts have been free to marry since 2004, following a ruling by the state Supreme Judicial Court, couples from other states have been barred from tying the knot here.
What legal weight those certificates would carry once the couples returned home is an open question. Most states prohibit gay marriage, but a Massachusetts certificate could provide couples with the foundation for legal challenges.
The reports says, so far, only Rhode Island allows its gay couples to wed in Massachusetts after a Rhode Island judge ruled last September that the state’s laws do not explicitly ban same-sex marriages.
Accoridng to a report by Steve LeBlanc of Associated Press, while gay couples living in Massachusetts have been free to marry since 2004, following a ruling by the state Supreme Judicial Court, couples from other states have been barred from tying the knot here.
What legal weight those certificates would carry once the couples returned home is an open question. Most states prohibit gay marriage, but a Massachusetts certificate could provide couples with the foundation for legal challenges.
The reports says, so far, only Rhode Island allows its gay couples to wed in Massachusetts after a Rhode Island judge ruled last September that the state’s laws do not explicitly ban same-sex marriages.