grrrr

[rm]

If I want to marry a man somewhere other than New York (such as say, Massachusetts) and come back to live in New York, I can do that. But if it's a girl, apparently I fucking can't. Is MA really going to start denying marriage licenses to straight couples looking for marry, but not settle, there for whatever reason?

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Gay-Marriage.html

Grrrrr. grrrrr. grrrr.

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Full Faith and Credit....

[sarantha.livejournal.com]

There is a contention that needs to be brought before the Supreme Court and hasn't been, strictly speaking, yet. On the one hand, you have the rights of states to set their own laws regarding marriage as is granted to them by the Constitution (any powers not granted to the Federal are, de facto, granted to the States.) On the other hand, you have the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution which says that one state must respect the laws of another and it has been held that marriage (and Divorce - think Las Vegas) laws are directly affected by this.

Of course, under the Roberts court, we probably don't need Full Faith and Credit. We're dumping so many other parts already. :P