Wednesday, May 19, 2004
These three things
The governor has threatened to fine or criminally prosecute town clerks who issue licenses to out-of-state couples, and he has said that the state will not record those marriages and will inform the couples that their marriages are "null and void." The demand for the license applications on Tuesday appeared to be the first step in that process.
"This is an unprecedented request," said Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone of Somerville, where about 12 of the 45 marriage applications since Monday have been from out-of-state couples. "I do have concerns that there's a political focus on these out-of-state couples. Those couples came here in good faith."
No one goes to a state where the governer said they can't get marriage lisences and tries to get them in "good faith". Also:
Gretchen Van Ness, a Boston lawyer hired to be a special counsel to Provincetown, where nearly a quarter of roughly 180 marriage applications were from out-of state, said the 1913 law has never been interpreted by a court.
Who cares? A law is a law when it is passed, not when someone sues about it. Non issue.
"This is an unprecedented request," said Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone of Somerville, where about 12 of the 45 marriage applications since Monday have been from out-of-state couples. "I do have concerns that there's a political focus on these out-of-state couples. Those couples came here in good faith."
No one goes to a state where the governer said they can't get marriage lisences and tries to get them in "good faith". Also:
Gretchen Van Ness, a Boston lawyer hired to be a special counsel to Provincetown, where nearly a quarter of roughly 180 marriage applications were from out-of state, said the 1913 law has never been interpreted by a court.
Who cares? A law is a law when it is passed, not when someone sues about it. Non issue.
