MASS. SENATE VOTES TO REPEAL LAW ON OUT-OF-STATE MARRIAGES: From the Washington Times on Thursday

The Massachusetts state Senate yesterday voted overwhelmingly to repeal the 1913 law that Gov. Mitt Romney says forbids out-of-state homosexual couples from "marrying" in Massachusetts.

The repeal was approved 28-3 as part of the Senate version of the state budget. To take effect, however, the repeal must pass the more conservative House and then both chambers would have to override the veto that Mr. Romney has promised. ...

As lawyers scoured Massachusetts' marriage laws in light of Goodridge, questions soon arose about a 1913 residency law, which says: "No marriage shall be contracted in this commonwealth by a party residing and intending to continue to reside in another jurisdiction if such marriage would be void if contracted in such other jurisdiction, and every marriage contracted in this commonwealth in violation hereof shall be null and void."

Mr. Romney and Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly both say the law forbids out-of-state homosexuals from getting a marriage license in Massachusetts because no other state recognizes same-sex "marriage."

Mr. Romney also has said that licenses issued to out-of-state homosexual couples will be annulled and that legal action might be taken against officials who issued them.

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