NPR: Is California Getting Gay Marriage Competition?

Is California Getting Gay Marriage Competition?

Adrian Genesi and James Davis traveled from Arizona to marry in California last month. Adaptations to the marriage laws in Mass., may soon cause a marketing war to gain the business of couples from the middle states. Photo by Jeremy and Claire Weiss for NPR. CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE MORE.

California's economy benefited from the wave in gay marriages last month, due in part to out-of-state couples who flew in to tie the knot. Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, but those marriages don't count unless you're a resident. That means if you're gay and from New York, don't elope in Massachusetts! Wait...hold on, that law might change sooner than you think, according to today's NY Times, Massachusetts' state officials want some of that wedding cha-ching.

--Shereen Meraji

2:15 PM ET | 07-16-2008 | permalink

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