N.M. Gays Can Marry in Massachusetts

BOSTON-Gay couples from New Mexico can marry in Massachusetts because their home state has not explicitly banned same-sex marriage,Massachusetts officials say.New Mexico joins Rhode Island as the only states whose gay residents are allowed to marry in Massachusetts,the only state that has legalized same-sex marriage.Stanley Nyberg, Massachusetts' Registrar of Vital Records,instructed city and town clerks in a July 18 notice to give marriage licenses to gay couples from New Mexico.Massachusetts began marrying same-sex couples in 2004.Then-Gov. Mitt Romney prohibited out-of-state couples from marrying in the state,citing a 1913 law that bars Massachusetts from marrying couples unable to legally marry in their home states.In March 2006,the state's highest court ruled that gay couples from other states could not marry in Massachusetts if their home state expressly prohibited gay marriage.
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