"We are a nation of laws..."

The US state which was famed for a rather messy witch-hunt a long time ago may be faced with more. This time it won't be superstitious, hysterical women brought before the legislature and the Lord, but white-collar civil servants. If they go against the Governor.

Gov. Mitt Romney, of Provincetown, Cape Cod, (who is involved in the church and has a whopping 5 sons, 3 daughters and 6 grandchildren) has said he will prosecute any clerks who give marriage licenses to gay couples who are not from the State and have no intention of moving there. Town leaders, however, voted to offer precisely this freedom to the filthy deviants. ;o)

Romney's office has warned clerks that they will be required to seek proof of residency or the intention to move to Massachusetts from all couples - gay and straight - who are seeking to marry as of May 17, when same-sex weddings become legal.

"We are a nation of laws," Romney said in the statement. "If they choose to break the law, we will take appropriate enforcement action, refuse to recognize those marriages, and inform the parties that the marriage is null and void."

Being from the UK, I really can't gauge the mood and temperature of the issue over there. But from here, it seems that a lot of public furore has died down, and that bigoted lawmakers are venting their private opposition by recourse to public statute. *sigh*