Mass. Senate votes to let out-of-state gays marry (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 07/16/2008 - 5:28am

A legislative aide walks toward the Senate chamber, Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at the Statehouse in Boston.<br /><br />The Massachusetts Senate voted Tuesday to repeal a 1913 law used to bar out-of-state gay couples from marrying here.<br /><br />The law prohibits couples from obtaining marriage licenses if they couldn't legally wed in their home states.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Lisa Poole)AP - Gay couples from across the country are one step closer to a Massachusetts wedding.



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