thinking of emmigrating

The latest news from my country on gay marriage: the Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that gay couples from other states cannot come to Massachusetts (which allows same-sex marriage) to get married if they do not intend to stay in Massachusetts and if their home states explicitly prohibit same-sex marriage. This decision is based on a 1913 law still on the books which prohibits marriages of non-Massachusets-residents whose home-states would not recognize those marriages. I'm guessing this law was made in the context of interracial marriage. Just a guess. However, the Court said that couples from states that are silent on the issue of gay marriage (ie: that haven't explicitly articulated opposition to it) can still get married.

What does this mean? This means that the handful of states left in this country which have not yet passed anti-gay marriage legislation will be scrambling to do so. At least that's what opponents of gay marriage hope. Fuck opponents of gay marriage.

Meanwhile, SK is in Australia which is currently debating the issue of gay marriage -- polls of the public show support in the high 60s. Nice. And according to SK, they already recognize same-sex relationships in ways other than marriage, and that I could go over with her (b/c she's got Australian citizenship) and I could stay legally. Amazing. Miraculous. I'm packing my bags.