It will go to the Supreme Court because it turns out that marriage is *not* a states' rights issue, as Conservatives* (and now some Liberals**) would have us believe.
There's this thing called the "Full Faith and Credit Clause" that requires states to uphold the legal arrangements of other states. While there are some limited exceptions to this rule, marriage is not one of them.
Or so says Deva, and she's a law student, so maybe she knows.
* Because initially it seemed like a good way to keep the Supreme Court out of it **but now it turns out that individual states might swing towards supporting equal rights
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Date: 2004-02-13 04:24 pm (UTC)It will go to the Supreme Court because it turns out that marriage is *not* a states' rights issue, as Conservatives* (and now some Liberals**) would have us believe.
There's this thing called the "Full Faith and Credit Clause" that requires states to uphold the legal arrangements of other states. While there are some limited exceptions to this rule, marriage is not one of them.
Or so says Deva, and she's a law student, so maybe she knows.
* Because initially it seemed like a good way to keep the Supreme Court out of it
**but now it turns out that individual states might swing towards supporting equal rights