Massachusetts to Change the Law Soon

The Massachusetts Senate has voted to repeal a 1913 law used to bar same-sex couples from states which would not recognize their marriages from marrying in Massachusetts.
The House is expected to vote this week.
House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi (D) and Senate President Therese Murray (D) both support the repeal effort. If the bill passes the House Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has said he will sign it.
The old law, which says marriage licenses cannot be issued to couples whose weddings would be illegal in the states where they lived, was originally passed when interracial marriage was legal in Massachusetts but not in most other parts of the country.