# First MA SSM licenses

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-ma-ssm-licenses/245534>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 17, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-ma-ssm-licenses/245534 "2004-05-17T04:24:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-ma-ssm-licenses/245534/21 "2004-05-21T00:51:53Z")

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This tops my very short list of things that make me proud to be from MA.

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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-ma-ssm-licenses/245534/22 "2004-05-21T13:35:46Z")

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Only a generation removed from Western MA myself (both parents, Northampton and Springfield area). Do I get to be proud too?

Oh yeah, here are some [photos](http://www.metroweekly.com/scene/?k=394) from the DC rally at the Superior Courthouse. I would like to call **gobear** ’s attention to the third picture down on the left, in which a particular Bolshevik Doper in a blue shirt is clearly visible - unlike him, who apparently was not clearly visible at all no matter how many times I looked for him.

Where were you, dude?

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**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-ma-ssm-licenses/245534/23 "2004-05-21T13:43:22Z")

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Olentzero - that’s my area! And yes, you get to be proud. Everyone gets to be proud.

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**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-ma-ssm-licenses/245534/24 "2004-05-21T14:09:24Z")

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Some friends of mine were amongst the first in line in our area (North Central MA). They had had a ceremony years ago, but are thrilled to be able to have legal rights now, as well.

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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-ma-ssm-licenses/245534/25 "2004-05-21T17:21:32Z")

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Hey, just out of curiosity, are there any links to lists of the names of the couples who have applied for licenses in MA?

**congodwarf** , which area is yours? N’Hamp or Springfield? If you know Holyoke, and you know Wistariahurst, you know some about me 🙂

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