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To: dirtboy

I would think marriage required some residency requirements. I don't think buying alcohol does.

7 posted on 03/30/2006 9:26:47 AM PST by mlc9852

To: mlc9852

I would think marriage required some residency requirements

If that were true, wedding chapels in Las Vegas would be out of business.

13 posted on 03/30/2006 9:29:09 AM PST by dirtboy (Tagline under contruction. Fines doubled.)

To: mlc9852

I would think marriage required some residency requirements.

It doesn't in Massachussetts:

What are the residency requirments for Massachusetts?

None, you do not have to be a previous or current resident of Massachusetts to obtain a marriage license that is valid statewide.

So, once again, it appears the law in Massachussetts is what their Supreme Court deems it to be, in spite of clear legislation to the contrary.

19 posted on 03/30/2006 9:32:56 AM PST by dirtboy (Tagline under contruction. Fines doubled.)

To: mlc9852

I would think marriage required some residency requirements.

A state can pass residency requirements for marriage, but it can also allow out-of-staters to marry. I think it's purely up to the state.

21 posted on 03/30/2006 9:33:18 AM PST by Potowmack ("In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy." Brian Mulroney)

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