Homophobes using racist law to challenge gay marriage

A group of Massachusetts senators has moved to repeal an old state law that could be used to deny marriage licenses to out-of-state same-sex couples, but Gov. Mitt Romney said Thursday he will stand in the way.

Senate Democrats have filed an amendment to the state budget that would eliminate the residency requirement for state marriage licenses, the Boston Globe reports. Established in 1913 and not currently enforced, the law sought to prevent an influx of mixed-race couples who could not legally marry in their home states....

Gov. Romney, a Republican, contends the 1913 law should be enforced in the case of same-sex couples, since their marriages are not recognized in the other 49 states. He said he will veto any attempt to repeal the statute." - PlanetOut

There's a certain poetic justice to homophobes using anti-miscegenation laws to thwart gay marriage. The funny part is that ten years ago when Romney was running against Ted Kennedy for US Senate, Romney was tripping over himself to woo the gay vote. Now he's tripping over himself to prove he's a bigger bigot than the next guy. Oh the things that make you popular with the Republican electorate nowadays...