Quick overall update

Did Acen, was fun, hopefully will write in depth later. On the whole I think Otakon, which I'd think is in a similar size and type category, is a better con, but I was coming to meet and hang with people, so that didn't really matter.

Got accepted into University of Denver for Grad school, the most appealing of the joint Masters Peace Corps programs. No money though, and it is 24k a year (I believe). More on this soon.

And now, I sleep. Tomorrow I set about gathering enough information to make a decision. And building a the lego dnd battle map for the end of my DnD campaign. Mostly that first one.

Brief post on the marriages in Massachusetts and a legal question

Posted in good part to garner regyt's opinion, but anyone who knows is welcome to tell me.

Alright, so the Gov. of Mass. is trying to limit the availability of homosexual marriage to Massachusetts residents or those intending to live in Mass.

The basis of this is an old (1912?) Mass. law that limits granting marriage licenses to any couple who isn't local or doesn't intend to be local. I'm not sure about the specifics of what happens when the couple doesn't live in the same state, but I don't think that's important for this particular case.

Now a law that hasn't been enforced for some time can be enforced without warning or selectively. See 'jaywalking.'

So, what I'm wondering is does selective enforcement of this law against homosexuals only violate equal protection under the law? In analogy, African Americans have sued about traffic laws that are enforced only against them. This would actually be an easier case as a whole because the law is being explicitly used against homosexual marriage.

Now, if this law is enforced against heterosexuals as well, there'd be no basis for this particular argument. But if it isn't, is there a solid case?