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Old 03-16-2005, 12:51 PM
IowaStatePhiPsi IowaStatePhiPsi is offline
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Originally posted by ktsnake
doesn't the 4th Amendment have that pesky "Full Faith & Credit" clause? Doesn't that effectively mean that a marriage granted in one state must be honored in states where it's forbidden to marry gays?

I guess such a thing would probably have to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, but that's how I'm reading this.
SCOTUS has to rule the 1996 Federal DOMA as unconstitutional before Full Faith & Credit can be applied to same-sex marriages.
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