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✍ Scribed by Elizabeth D. MacGillivray; H. Juanita M. Beecher; Deirdre Golden

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
198 KB
Volume
26
Category
Article
ISSN
1932-2054

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✦ Synopsis

Judge Rules that Gay R.I. Couple Can Marry in Massachusetts

Gay rights groups are hailing the decision by a Massachusetts Superior Court judge who ruled that a gay couple from Rhode Island has the right to marry in Massachusetts. The couple, Wendy Becker and Mary Norton of Providence, R.I., argued that a 1913 law that forbids out-of-state residents from marrying in Massachusetts if their marriage would not be permitted in their home state did not apply to them because Rhode Island does not specifically ban gay marriage. According to Judge Thomas Connolly, "No evidence was introduced before this court of a constitutional amendment, statute, or controlling appellate decision from Rhode Island that explicitly deems void or otherwise expressly forbids same-sex marriage," he ruled.

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