Massachusetts 1913 law upheld
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has upheld the 1913 law that invalidates marriages of residents from other states where the marriage would be considered unlawful. The law was originally put in place to stop interracial marriages from states where such marriages were unlawful (i.e., the law was founded on an unconstitutional situation). Nonetheless, it appears that the SJC believes the law should be repealed, if at all, by the legislature and not by the judiciary. However, it remains to be seen whether residents from states without explicit anti-gay-marriage laws (e.g., New York and Rhode Island) are unfairly restricted by the 1913 law.
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I just wanted to thank you for filing this under 'religion'.
Damn right.
Romney applauded the ruling, telling the Associated Press, “We don't want Massachusetts to become the Las Vegas of same-sex marriage.”
I know he's a conservative, but surely somebody in MA must have noticed the big fat tourism dollars to be had here.
Does the SJC have the authority to overturn (or at least take assertiive action against) another state's definition of marriage in the absence of federal law?
If you want to get married, you'll have to move there. It'll be bigger than the short lived tourist dollars... they'll get the long term permanent move dollars. This'll be a windfall.
What's the makeup of the legislature like these days? Any chance of overturning it?
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