As I mentioned a few days ago, repealing the federal DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) will require that someone get married in Massachusetts or California, and then return to their homestate and ask that it be recognized. That new state will of course deny the legality of the marriage, at which point the couple could sue under the Full Faith and Credit Clause.

What I failed to mention (I just plum forgot) was that since same-sex marriage became legal there, Massachusetts has been enforcing a 1913 statute that prohibits the state from granting marriage licenses to folks who couldn't legally wed in their home state. Here's the NY Times:

Out-of-state gay couples got one step closer to a Massachusetts wedding Tuesday when the state Senate voted to repeal a 1913 law that has been used to bar them from marrying here.

The law prohibits couples from obtaining marriage licenses if they can't legally wed in their home states.

The House is expected to vote on the repeal measure later this week. The Senate action came on a voice vote.

After Massachusetts became the first state to allow gay marriages in 2004 under a court order, then-Gov. Mitt Romney ordered town clerks to enforce the then-little-known 1913 law and deny licenses to out-of-state couples.

Onward, to the house!