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Jul 26, 2007
Quickie Link: Gay Couples From New Mexico Can Marry In Massachussets
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By vanrozenheim
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(Boston, USA) - Gay couples from New Mexico can now marry in Massachusetts because their home state has not explicitly banned same-sex marriage, according to a decision by a top state records official. New Mexico joins Rhode Island as the only states whose gay residents can marry in Massachusetts because neither specifically bans same-sex marriage. But neither Rhode Island nor New Mexico has said it would recognize the marriages after its residents return home. Gay rights advocates said they had expected the decision on New Mexico, which comes after Massachusetts's highest court ruled last year that gay couples from other states could not marry here if their home state banned gay marriage.
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