[Miss Maam]

If the Federal Marriage Amendment is enacted, will that negate any same-sex marriage that occur in MA?

[longtermmemmory]

Perhaps but it will positivly definitly preclude it from spreading to other states and having ANY impact on federal law. No joint tax returns. No immigration tricks using homosexual marriages.

[scripter]

If the Federal Marriage Amendment is enacted, will that negate any same-sex marriage that occur in MA?

I thought I read something about that recently. I'm not sure but it could be discussed in this Weekly Standard article: Massachusetts vs. Marriage. I gotta run and can't check at the moment.

[Melas]

If the Federal Marriage Amendment is enacted, will that negate any same-sex marriage that occur in MA?

No, only marriages subsequent to the passage of the federal act. Ex post facto laws are constitutionally proscribed, so all marriages that occured before legal remedy would stand.

[Fee]

Do not count on it. Courts can acknowledge an Admendment to the Constitution but ignore it by pointing out a "compelling national interest" to do otherwise. Example, look what happened to affirmative action. The judges acknowledged that the law does not allow the usage of race, creed or national origin as a basis for college admissions, but points out that there is a "national compelling interest" (not even discussed in the US Constitution) to maintain diversity. Only way to solve this is give the GOP 60+ Senators so we can put the right types of judges in the federal courts.