Gays Can't Come to Massachusetts to Marry

Gays Can't Come to Massachusetts to Marry, says the high courts of Massachusetts. My opinion... good for Massachusetts! While I am certainly not against gay couples getting legally married, I do agree that should such a law be erased from the judicial books within that state, that it would in fact open up the state for a tremendous influx of people from around the nation. Furthermore, I also agree that it would be a burden then placed upon both the newly-wedded couples, and the states which they reside.

This is not about moving to Massachusetts in order to gain 'equal rights' under the state laws. Although people are certainly welcome to do so. This situation is about not imposing the state laws on other states. It is also about some-what protecting the couples who wish to be married, from un-necessary legal persuits in attempts to get their home state to legally recognize their marriage.

Massachusetts, while it has always been one of the more open states and also one that is willing to move in the forward direction of change and adaptation, is also one that has absolutely no problem putting their proverbial foot down and telling people that "ok, enough is enough. I have given you this, this, this and that...stop whining. We'll work on the rest of it later on. We need time to adjust to what we've already allowed. Then we'll move on."

A fair enough outlook, especially since Massachusetts is the first, and only state, in the nation to allow and enter into their state consitution, laws regarding gay marriage. However, as other states come under fire from gay communities around the nation, Massachusetts will also not have their foot in those doors either. Massachusetts seems quite content to stand on their own and away from the rest of the nation on such legal matters as the law pertains to the health and well being of gay couples. It's rather nice to see such a state that is not so swayed by Washington, nor does it seem to have lost its grip on the congressional floor either. A nicely well-balanced means of running a state, and Massachusetts is doing a rather nice job of it I might say.

Now, if we can just encourage them to fix all the pot-holes in their roads, the state would be all set.