Mass. Court Limits Gay Marriage to Residents

By Tovia Smith

Published March 30, 2006 at 1:08 PM EST

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Tovia Smith is an award-winning NPR National Correspondent based in Boston, who's spent more than three decades covering news around New England and beyond.

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