ALL California Marriage Licenses should be regarded as INVALID

Self | 18 Feb 2004 | Ralph W. Davis

[AnalogReigns]

Since the State of California through the Mayor of San Francisco, city officials, state judges and other state authorities have seen fit to flagrantly violate their own state laws regarding fraudulant marriage licenses, I think it would be prudent if other states passed laws not to recognize ANY California marriage license issued Feb. 12, 2004 or later.

San Francisco's fraud does not fall under protection of the full faith and credit clause of the U.S. Constitution, since it is after all, illegal.

We'd put some fire under California's feet if other states refused to recognize the legality of their marriage licenses.

[tdadams]

This is political theater. I don't really understand why anyone's getting so bent out of shape about this. Really, if you live in rural Nebraska, how likely is it that someone's marriage certificate in California (which has an undetermined legal status) is going to have any bearing on you? None.

[kimoajax]

Is it true what I heard from my Utah cousin that some small town Utah officials are waiting in the proverial weeds watching closely to see if the city of S.F. officials get away with performing gay mariages? Could similar moves follow regarding Polygamous marraiges?

[tdadams]

The real litmus test in all this will be how the IRS treats these "couples."

It'll be interesting to see how the IRS is going to filter out same sex married couples and man-woman married couples. What if the 1040 is filed by "Pat and Terry Smith"? Two men, two women, man-woman? How do you know?

[Lizavetta]

Don't you love the way the left devalues everything it touches?

They want drivers licenses for illegals, thus making licenses worthless. They want marriages for gays, thus making marriage licenses worthless. They promote virulent feminism and sexual 'freedom' which in my eyes has cheapened womanhood. They've dumbed down school curriculums so everyone can be mediocre (can't have anyone better than someone else, don'tcha know), and dumbed down entrance requirements so no one will feel left out.

[B4Ranch]

"if you live in rural Nebraska, how likely is it that someone's marriage certificate in California (which has an undetermined legal status) is going to have any bearing on you?

Should you decide to buy real property from one of these queers make sure you have both signatures authorizing the sale or else you might just find out that you and a queer now mutually own it.

[tdadams]

That's very charming.

[BikerNYC]

Besides, a marriage license is only good for 90 days; for it to be worth anything...

They were getting married right there in the rotunda of the building.

[B4Ranch]

Politically correct it's not, truthful it is. Charming? Never! Perverts aren't charming, contrary to what Hollywood thinks.

[expatguy]

GOD DISCRIMINATES !!!

[tdadams]

No, I mean your high school bully vernacular. Charming.

[Publius6961]

Charming?
hmmmmmmmmm.

Bully c. 1964?
or
Bully c. 2004?

Decisions... decisions...

I'll get back to ya.

[supercat]

Every state is required to accept any marriage from other state if the marriage meets the requirements for marriages in the former state. So if a state allows first cousins to marry, it cannot refuse to accept a couple's marriage on the basis that the people are first cousins; but if a state forbids first cousins from marrying, it need not accept as valid the marriage of any first cousins who married elsewhere.