MA May Repeal Law Preventing Out-of-Staters from Marrying There
The Massachusetts legislature is expected in the next few days to vote on a bill that would repeal the famous “1913 Laws”. This is the set of laws that prevents most out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying in MA. With marriage being open to all comers in CA, in-staters or out-of-staters, it would seem that MA has no remaining reason other than sheer bigotry to retain the laws. Laws which, incidently, were originally enacted to prevent mixed-race couples from out of state coming to MA to get hitched.
Time to shed this ugly relic of the segregation era! Bay Staters, contact your legislators immediately and tell them to vote to repeal the 1913 laws. The vote is expected to be close, so your legislators really need to hear from you, and now. Benefits to the Commonwealth of repealing the laws include:
MA May Repeal Law Preventing Out-of-Staters from Marrying There
The Massachusetts legislature is expected in the next few days to vote on a bill that would repeal the famous “1913 Laws”. This is the set of laws that prevents most out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying in MA. With marriage being open to all comers in CA, in-staters or out-of-staters, it would seem that MA has no remaining reason other than sheer bigotry to retain the laws. Laws which, incidently, were originally enacted to prevent mixed-race couples from out of state coming to MA to get hitched.
Time to shed this ugly relic of the segregation era! Bay Staters, contact your legislators immediately and tell them to vote to repeal the 1913 laws. The vote is expected to be close, so your legislators really need to hear from you, and now. Benefits to the Commonwealth of repealing the laws include:
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