1913 Near Death.

By Andrew Belonsky July 29, 2008 at 4:07pm

Massachusetts’ House of Representatives voted today to repeal a 1913 law prohibiting out-of-state gays from marrying there. Lawmakers voted 119-36 for the repeal, which now simply needs to be signed by Governor Deval Patrick, who loves the gays. In fact, his daughter’s a gay. Hooray! [Ryan’s Take]

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BRAVO MA!
CA now there is National cmopetition for same sex marriages…think TOURIST DOLLARS.

Christian Reich lost the culture war today!

July 29, 2008 at 4:07pm

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