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Provincetown To Grant Licenses To Out-Of-State Couples
WCVB-TV (MA) ^
| May 11, 2004
Posted on 05/11/2004 6:36:19 AM PDT by Know your rights
PROVINCETOWN, Mass. -- Out-of-state gay couples will be able to get marriage licenses in Provincetown.
The Cape Cod town's board of selectmen voted unanimously Monday to give licenses to nonresident couples, even if they have no intention of living in Massachusetts.
Gov. Mitt Romney immediately issued a statement saying those marriages would be considered null and void. He also said his office will pursue "appropriate enforcement action" against clerks who defy state law.
Romney previously said that a 1913 state law bars out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts, unless they have immediate plans to move here.
The Provincetown decision sets up the likelihood of continued legal action after the May 17 legalization of gay marriage.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: civilunion; homosexualagenda; marriage; mittromney; prisoners; provincetown; samesexunions
To: Know your rights
No more bike riding or hiking into the dunes there for now on.
To: Know your rights
Good ol' Provincetown, the AIDS capitol of the northeast!
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posted on
05/11/2004 6:45:03 AM PDT
by
Redbob
To: Redbob
Q: What do you do if you drop your wallet in P-Town?
A: Kick it to the Truro town line.
Old Cape Cod joke.
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posted on
05/11/2004 7:10:21 AM PDT
by
metesky
(You will be diverse, just like us.)
To: airforce19811985; American; antiliberal; Aquinasfan; Arioch7; AStack75; awestk; bd56; betty boop; ..
ping!
Please Freepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent Massachusetts ping list.
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posted on
05/11/2004 7:12:56 AM PDT
by
nutmeg
(Why vote for Bush? Imagine Commander in Chief John F’in al-Qerry)
To: metesky
ROTFLMAO...
I knew some people in North Truro- I went up there to visit them a few years ago, and when I drove to P-Town, they told me to never let go of my girlfriend!
It was off-season, but I saw enough "Sights" to lastr me for years...
LC
To: little jeremiah
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posted on
05/11/2004 7:50:48 AM PDT
by
EdReform
To: Know your rights
Government officials break the law for the liberal cause and it's completely ignored, even applauded.
Rule of law? Only when it stops conservatives...
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posted on
05/11/2004 8:29:18 AM PDT
by
livianne
To: *Homosexual Agenda; EdReform; scripter; GrandMoM; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; ...
Homosexual Agenda Ping - Don't Go to Provincetown!
Why doesn't Provincetown secede from the US if they don't like following the law?
Let me know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.
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