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[judecorp]

How To Get Married In Massachusetts

I don't even really have the words. For once. No, really.

Is this real? Pinch me.

How do I become a Massachusetts resident?

There is no hard and fast rule about how one becomes a Massachusetts resident. The Massachusetts Citizen Information Service states, "There is no formal procedure for establishing a legal residence in Massachusetts. Voter registration, automobile registration, a driver’s license, the appearance of a person’s name on a city or town street list, and rent, utility, mortgage or telephone bills normally provide tangible proof of residence. However, individual public or private agencies or institutions may have their own requirements for proof of residence."

The bottom line is that for purposes of the marriage licensing statutes, the parties must reside here and intend to continue residing here indefinitely.

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Comments

[oxlahun.livejournal.com]

This is not a flame.

bigot n. a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices. —Merriam-Webster online

Governor Romney has threatened to block same-sex marriages by refusing to issue the appropriate paperwork to the cities and towns, arguably putting himself in contempt of the state's Supreme Judicial Court, if his appeal to suspend licenses fails. I'd call that "intolerantly devoted".

As for being an asshat, well, he's an asshat on many issues, not just this one. That's a perfectly good epithet for someone whose wrongheadedness, in the opinion of the epithet-thrower, actually causes harm to the state he's supposed to be running. He's free to claim I'm an asshat, too. Sticks and stones, &c.