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By Kathy Belge, About.com Guide to Lesbian Life since 2003

Mass Will not Marry Out of Staters

Thursday August 19, 2004
After our San Francisco marriage was declared invalid, my partner and I talked about going to Massachusetts to get married. But, it looks like that will not be an option. Massachusetts is enforcing a law from 1913 that says it will not marry a couple from another state if that marriage would not be valid in their home state. Since same-sex marriage is only legal in Massachusetts, same-sex couples will not be allowed to marry there. Yesterday, a judge upheld the 1913 law. Read the full story here.
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