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It Did Happen Here

Ben.GIF
Humor - If you’re wondering what Massachusetts is like since same-sex marriage for out-of-state residents became legal, it’s been a disaster.

Within minutes of the law’s passage, busloads of impeccably dressed men in tuxedos streamed across our borders. Every copy of Indigo Girls singing “Ave Maria” was snatched up. Traffic in Provincetown came to a standstill as stretch limousines jammed its narrow streets.

But the worst was yet to come. A rebel offshoot of Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church rented Gillette Stadium. Within minutes, 73,000 Judy Garland impersonators had said “I do.” This was followed by a Mormon lesbian biker chick tying the knot with 359 women, each baring a striking resemblance to Suze Orman.

Things have started to calm down, but outbreaks of “Sunrise, Sunset” still occur without warning. And yes, as predicted, the increase in gay marriages has given our state’s economy a shot in the arm. But there was no need to replace the guy in Faneuil Hall Market Place who portrays Paul Revere with Harvey Fierstein doing scenes from “Torch Song Trilogy.”

ben.alper@onlineoffbeat.com