Simply put, given the enormity of the rights and responsibilities that accompany marriage, Massachusetts has a rational and substantial interest in ensuring that the marriages it creates will be recognized as valid outside its borders.

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(The state) has a significant interest in not meddling in matters in which another state, the one where a couple actually resides, has a paramount interest.

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The laws of this commonwealth have not endowed non-residents with an unfettered right to marry. Only non-resident couples who come to Massachusetts and intend to reside in this commonwealth thereafter can be issued a marriage license.

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