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PROVINCETOWN, Mass., April 13 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts tourist town has decided to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite legal uncertainties, USA Today reported Tuesday.
Provincetown, on the Cape Cod peninsula, is the first community to make the move since Massachusetts became the first state to recognize gay marriage. The state's Supreme Judicial Court ruled last November it was unconstitutional to deny same-sex couples the right to marry and ordered marriage licenses to be issued starting May 17.
The main legal concern is a 1913 state law barring the issue of marriage licenses "if such marriage would be void if contracted in (another) jurisdiction."
Regardless, the town is pressing ahead.
"As far as I'm concerned, it's not our responsibility to know what is legal or not legal in every jurisdiction in the United States," said Mary-Jo Avellar, chairwoman of the town's board of selectmen.
Provincetown officials said they have reservations from 40 couples to get licenses on May 17. The town usually issues 40 marriage licenses in one year.
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