It still IMO shows the arbitrary nature of the Mass Supreme Court. They said in 2003 that gays had the same right to marry as hetero couples and did not make an effort to issue restrictions. Now they very narrowly interpret the law.
Once again, I'm not in favor of gay marriage. I just have to look at Mass and wonder what in the heck drives their court system other than the arbitrary will of judges.
When gay marriages first started happening here, there were many nonresidents from all over the country that showed up and were in fact issued marriage licenses. Hundreds of them were married in Provincetown alone. Actually, Govenor Romney interpreted that the 1913 law should apply and intructed town and city clerks to stop issuing marriage licenses to outsiders.
Chapter 207, section 11: Non-residents; marriages contrary to laws of domiciled state. (Together with section 12, below, commonly called The 1913 Law.) Prohibits contracting a marriage in Massachusetts that would be void in a party's home state.
Chapter 207, section 12: Licensing Officer to Ascertain Legal Ability of Nonresidents to Marry. Requires a town clerk to "satisfy himself, by requiring affidavits or otherwise, that such person is not prohibited from intermarrying by the laws of the jurisdiction where he or she resides.