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To: HitmanNY
The new state will tell them no they aren't, based on their own law and policy as protected under the DoMA.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe some states already allow marriages which some other states will not recognize, period. While I would doubt that a 40-year-old man who legally married a 14-year-old girl would be prosecuted for statutory rape if he moved to a state that didn't recognize the marriage, that doesn't mean the state would accept the marriage.

31 posted on 07/24/2004 1:27:48 AM PDT by supercat (Why is it that the more "gun safety" laws are passed, the less safe my guns seem?)
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To: supercat

Yep, that would be true.

That being said, I don't think the USSC would see it that way since it has already laid the groundwork to consider sexual orientation a sphere for it to work its Equap Protection analysis.

That is, it will not find a compelling state interest that would validate, in its judgment, discriminating against homosexuals in this case.


32 posted on 07/24/2004 2:02:05 AM PDT by HitmanLV (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
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