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 the same invitation.
On Tuesday, the State Senate voted to repeal a 1913 law that prevents Massachusetts from marrying out-of-state couples if their marriages would not be legal in their home states. The repeal, which passed with no objections on a voice vote, is expected to pass the House later this week.
The law is apparently a relic of the days when interracial marriages weren’t recognized in some states and as such is way past its useful life.
Thanks to Kelly Murdock-Billy for passing this along.