Legal anxiety.

After Massachusetts's supreme judicial court ruled on March 30 that gay couples from states that prohibit same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated"
couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable could not be married in the Bay State, couples from the states where the law is unclear were left in legal limbo. That includes Rhode Island's Wendy Becker and Mary Norton Mary Norton can refer to:

Mary Teresa Norton, one of the first United States Congresswomen.
Mary Norton, British author of The Borrowers.
Mary D. Herter Norton, American author and translator; co-founder of the publishing house W.W. Norton.

, one of three couples (out of eight) whose cases were sent back to superior court because their home states don't specifically ban same-sex marriage. Becker and Norton were optimistic, telling The Advocate they will "continue the fight." So who else might still have a shot at tying the knot in Massachusetts? Same-sex couples from New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). , New Jersey, and Washington, D.C.

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Title Annotation:	MARRIAGE; same-sex marriage
Author:	Henderson, William
Publication:	The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:	Brief article
Geographic Code:	1U1MA
Date:	May 9, 2006
Words:	113
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