Thread: gay marriage
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Old 05-19-2008   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by marleyisalegend View Post
Massacheusettes said you guys could marry, but Florida disagrees. Since Florida doesn't allow gay marriage, they're allowed to deny recognition of it. Some professions are the same. Different states have different guidelines and restrictions so you can get a business liscence in one state that isn't recognized in another because they have differing restrictions and guidelines and policies. Since marriage is a state-to-state affair, each individual state has the right to not accept something it doesn't support itself.
Actually, no, they aren't. That violates both the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the US Constitution, and the 14th Amendment. Traffic law is a bit different from marriage law, marleyis. And even at that, a state law that permitted men to drive, but not women, would be struck down in a heartbeat.