It makes sense from a political standpoint. It puts a ton of pressure on those mayors who decided it was okay to break the law.
However, I feel sorry for those legally married couples. It somehow doesn't seem fair if their marriages don't count for Social Security Disability purposes because their elected officials illegally thought it was okay for a man and a man to elope.
Don't feel sorry. We're actually saving their societal benefits. They're going to be part of the solution, because their legitimate complaints will bring that pressure you mentioned to new levels.
It's a fight that will not come without some suffering and loss. It's cultural warfare and winning it will come with a price.
It makes me all the angrier at our press and educational institutions for tolerating and encouraging it.
By the way, this has nothing to do with "rights." Marriage benefits are a privilege that we bestow on traditional families. We're just witholding that benefit while we protect our ability to bestow it on traditional families.
I feel sorry for them too.
In my state, you have to get your marriage license from the town/city where you'll be getting married. So say the city leaders go off their rocker and start condoning this same sex marriage thing - the heterosexual couples who would be getting married there still have no choice but to get their marriage license there. That could potentially lead to problems such as those mentioned in the article.
While it's important to stop local politicians from taking marriage laws into their own hands, the feds should not be making legally-married heterosexual couples suffer by not recognizing their marriages.
"It somehow doesn't seem fair if their marriages don't count for Social Security Disability purposes because their elected officials illegally thought it was okay for a man and a man to elope."
lol..somehow?