Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Do states have to honor out-of-state marriage licenses for gay couples?

I know this question was an issue when Massachusetts first allowed gay marriages, but I don't know if this has been resolved or not. I know that marriage licenses for straight couples are honored throughout all of the country. Is this the case for gay marriages?





I know that Massachusetts is the only state that legalizes gay marriage, but if a gay couple were to get married in Massachusetts, would another state be required to recognize and honor the marriage even though it doesn't allow itself to issue gay marriage licenses?Do states have to honor out-of-state marriage licenses for gay couples?
According to the US Constitution the answer is yes, other states must and so must the federal government, honor the same sex marriages.





However, the illegal Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, attempted to negate the Constitution. There are several federal lawsuits making their way through the courts over this very problem.





The reason behind the attempt to amend the US Constitution by the religious fundies is that they wish to do away with the full faith and credit clause.





Again the conservatives are meddling with a document to attempt to impose thier view on all of the citizens and this is just not going to be acceptable.





The same holds true for all laws that protect people from hate crimes. The full faith and credit ammendment should be in full force for these as well but no we have people interfering with this too.





Sad that the people who are fundamentalist government oriented are also fundie religious nuts.Do states have to honor out-of-state marriage licenses for gay couples?
New York does and, I believe, Rhode Island does also.
Plain and simple, no.Most states do not recognize nor allow gay marriages. If you got married in Massachusetts, for example, and moved to Ohio, your marriage would not be recognized.
Same sex civil unions are legal in several states but no, they are not valid where these unions are not legalised.
No is the bottom line answer.
Sadly, no, according to the full faith and credit clause of the constitution, the states are required to recognize them, but becasue of the passage of the defense of marriage act in 1996,( which said that states didn't have to honor same-sex marriages from other states if they didn't want to and well they didn't so that's why a couple from texas can't get married in massachusetts and come back to texas and get benefits) that was thrown out the window.
Of course not. This is America, what were you expecting, freedom?
It depends upon the state one moved to from Massachusetts
No, states do not have to honor marriage liscences even for straight couples. Just hang out in Massachusetts or Vermont!! But actually though the laws that say states do not have to honor out-of-state liscences appears to be prejudice but it is really just protecting states rights, which is important because it is the same law that allows states to implement gay marriage in the first place.

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