{"id":893,"date":"2008-07-29T19:29:20","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T19:29:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-07-29T19:29:20","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T19:29:20","slug":"massachusetts-house-votes-to-let-out-of-state-gays-marry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2008\/07\/massachusetts-house-votes-to-let-out-of-state-gays-marry\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts House votes to let out-of-state gays marry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts House has voted to allow gay marriages involving out-of-state couples.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers voted 118-35 today to <a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/uncategorized\/lesbian-mothers-of-an-11-year-old-daughter-are-among-the-first-new-yorkers-to-marry-in-massachusetts\/\">repeal a 1913 law that bans couples from marrying in Massachusetts if their own states would not allow the unions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The state Senate voted to repeal the law earlier this month and Gov. Deval Patrick has said he will sign it.  Opponents say repealing the ban will attract many out-of-state gay couples to Massachusetts for marriages.  Some proponents say that would be an economic boon for the state, and would allow Massachusetts to compete with California.  A California Supreme Court ruling recently made gay marriage legal there with no residency requirement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2\/2\/2007<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Anti-gay voter fraud on video: Massachusetts woman earns up to $1200 a day scamming citizens into signing a homophobic petition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/petition29834_0.jpg\" align='left' style='border:1px solid #000;margin-right:10px;' \/><\/p>\n<p>This past year, Massachusetts voters were fooled into believing they were signing a petition about grocery store products, but a conservative group was actually gathering signatures &#8211; in a bait and switch scam &#8211; to ban same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mafamily.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Massachusetts Family Institute<\/a> is responsible for the petitioning.<\/p>\n<p>MFI&#8217;s mission is posted on it&#8217;s website:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Recognizing that healthy families are indispensable to the preservation of a strong and free society, the Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI) is dedicated to strengthening the family and affirming the Judeo-Christian values upon which it is based. Established in 1991, MFI is a non-partisan public policy organization dedicated to strengthening families in Massachusetts. MFI engages in research and education on a wide range of public policy issues to strengthen the well-being, health and safety of families &#8211; its individual members and the collective unit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the news video, to see how the group gains support for its mission.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SMGUaCpmEPU&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SMGUaCpmEPU&#038;rel=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts House has voted to allow gay marriages involving out-of-state couples. 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