Italian court rules that Tuscan city must accept gay ‘marriage’ contracted in New York

Life Site News ^ | April 16, 2014 | HILARY WHITE

[NYer]

Giancarlo Cerrelli, vice president of the Catholic Lawyer’s Guild, says the ruling is a “creative judgment that takes no account of the Civil Code and the jurisprudence of the European Union.”

Ping!

[BuckeyeTexan]

Contracted a legal marriage ... (*spit*).

[Jim Robinson]

Yes, governments must recognize diseases contracted in foreign lands in order to eradicate them.

[Steve_Seattle]

To put this in perspective, if you are a heterosexual couple married in Sweden, and later move to the US, would it not be rational to expect the US government to recognize that you are legally married? Do you really think that the US government should force you to marry again? I oppose gay marriage, but a legal marriage is a legal marriage, and has to be recognized across state and international borders.

[GeronL]

Marriage to a dog? Marriage to a 9 year old -we should recognize them as legal if they were legal in another country?

No way

[trisham]

You could not be more wrong. If you really do oppose “gay marriage”, you would never advocate its legal recognition.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Marriage to a dog? Marriage to a 9 year old -we should recognize them as legal if they were legal in another country?"

Yeah, we would have to recognize those marriages. However, both cases would be problematical. We might have to accept the marriage of the 9-year-old even as we punished what would be - under our laws - illegal sex with a minor. And the person married to the dog could be punished for bestiality even if it was a legal marriage in the country of origin. I know it sounds ridiculous, but you are the one who raised the ridiculous example of the person marrying the dog.

[Steve_Seattle]

"You could not be more wrong. If you really do oppose “gay marriage”, you would never advocate its legal recognition."

I do oppose gay marriage, but where it has been deemed legal, it must be recognized, and marriage law - even in the states - is subject to the "full faith and credit" principle of the Constitution, in which states must recognize the duly enacted laws of other states. A person married at 17 in Nevada is still legally married if he/she moves to a state with a higher legal age for marriage. That is one reason WHY people got married in Nevada - to circumvent the marriage laws of their own state.

[tflabo]

Two salami’s does not a paninni make. The whole world has gone ingaysane.

[trisham]

Not surprisingly, your perspective appears to mirror that of Lou’s:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3145165/posts?page=103#103

[GeronL]

Bestiality is legal in some states. - probably never thought to outlaw it

[Steve_Seattle]

"You could not be more wrong. If you really do oppose “gay marriage”, you would never advocate its legal recognition."

I am not a lawyer, but - correct me if I am wrong - states must recognize - under the Constitution - contracts legally undertaken in other states.

[trisham]

You are following in lockstep with our current administration. Congratulations.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Not surprisingly, your perspective appears to mirror that of Lou’s:"

I don't know who Lou is/was, but if you are lobbying to get me banned, it is out of my hands. This is not my site and the owners can do as they please. But I am a constitutionalist, and my reading of the Constitution is that legal marriages in one state must be recognized in other states that might have differing marriage requirements. There is nothing new about this. Gay marriage is new, but the Constitution still applies, whether we like it or not. It would be very unfortunate if I was banned from this site for (1) opposing gay marriage; and (2) supporting the Constitution. But maybe that is how you would have it.

[Steve_Seattle]

"You are following in lockstep with our current administration. Congratulations."

If you keep lying about me, I will report YOU to the mods.

[trisham]

Please do. I welcome their contribution to this conversation.

[trisham]

If I were lobbying to get you banned, I would have done much more than you have.

[heye2monn]

Of course we should. We must not be analphobic. If a man has a loving, feces-based relationship, who shall cast the first stone? Who are we to judge?

[GeronL]

Lol