To: JesseHousman
If gay activists can't push the full faith & credit issue by sending out-of-staters to marry there, they will just get in-staters to move and sue. No law, no morals, no either, nothing will stand in their way.
6 posted on
05/21/2004 9:29:57 AM PDT by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Actually, I'm thinking the first serious Constitutional test this will present will be under the 14th Amendment. A "married" same-sex couple will file a tax return under "joint return - married". The IRS will deny it. They'll sue, stating that the 14th Amendment overrules the Federal DOMA. It'll go all the way to the Supreme Court no matter what the lower courts rule. Given the attitude shown in the Dale vs. BSA case, where although the majority upheld the BSA's right to discriminate against gays, they deplored it, the Court might well agree.
9 posted on
05/21/2004 9:35:45 AM PDT by
RonF
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