http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=7736A lesbian couple from Rhode Island who were denied a marriage license in Massachusetts argued in court Monday that a century-old Massachusetts law should not bar them from marrying here.
A lawyer for Wendy Becker and Mary Norton, of Providence, R.I., argued the 1913 law that prohibits nonresidents from marrying in Massachusetts if their marriage would not be allowed in their home state does not apply to Rhode Island because that state's laws do not "expressly prohibit" same-sex marriage.
"Rhode Island has implicitly decided not to stand in the way of its citizens who want to marry here," said Michele Granda, an attorney with Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, which represents Becker and Norton.