Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriages, however, it was only for its residents. So if one wanted to get married to their same-sex partner in Massachusetts, they'd have to become legal residents first. Now that California has gone ahead and opened up the floodgates, permitting same-sex marriages in their states, Massachusetts doesn't want to loose on the potential cash cow these weddings could be, and have gone ahead and repealed a 1913 law that forbid the state from marrying out-of-state couples if their marriages would not be legal in their home state.

The repeal passed with no objections on a voice vote, and is expected to ass in the House later this week. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (Democrat), said he will sign the repeal.

The repeal,if approved on all levels, would come more than four years after the state became the first state to allow same-sex couples to marry.