To: tomahawk
I believe the MA Supreme Court has ordered the MA legislature to enact gay marriage into law. If they do, then this becomes a federal issue under the Full Faith and Credit Clause. Actually, the Federal government is obliged to guarantee Massachusetts a republican form of government (Article IV, s4)
Courts do not order the People to pass laws in republics.
71 posted on
02/04/2004 8:51:14 AM PST by
Jim Noble
(Now you go feed those hogs before they worry themselves into anemia!)
To: Jim Noble
"Courts do not order the People to pass laws in republics."
The Court did not order the People to pass any law in this case. They stayed their ruling temporarily to let them pass any law they wanted, if they chose to.
263 posted on
02/04/2004 11:12:02 AM PST by
Kahonek
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