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Law curbing out-of-state couples faces a challenge

By Raphael Lewis
Globe Staff / April 22, 2004

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State lawmakers will fire the latest salvo in the battle over gay marriage today, as Representative Robert P. Spellane of Worcester files a bill to undo a 1913 law that forbids out-of-state couples from marrying in Massachusetts if their union would be illegal in their home jurisdiction. (Full Article: 1050 Words)

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