Repeal of discriminatory marriage restriction in Massachusetts coming up for a vote
”In 2004, Gov. Mitt Romney applied this arcane law, the so-called “1913 Law,” to keep out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying in Massachusetts. The law, in fact, was rooted in discrimination: it was enacted to limit the number of interracial marriages that could be performed here by stating that if it were disallowed by the home state, a couple could not be married in the Commonwealth. Romney, a staunch and vocal opponent of marriage equality, turned to that statute, which had not been used for decades, to reject out-of-state gay and lesbian couples.”
From the web site of Mass Equality, a gay rights advocacy group in Massachusetts, asking for voters to contact legislators to vote down an old, racist law that was revived by conservative, Mormon ex-Gov. Mitt Romney to prevent anyone who resides outside of the state of Massachusetts from taking advantage of that state’s landmark legalization of same-sex marriages. (MassEquality.org)
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