Re: Calif. State Supreme Court Says Homo***uals Can Actually Marry

On May 15, 12:29=A0pm, "Winston Smith, American Patriot"
<FranzKa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> George Grapman <sfgeo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in alt.politics.bush:
>
> > =A0 =A0I have yet see an explanation of how the affects citizens of
the
> > other 49 states.
>
> If DOMA is ruled unconstitutional---it already has been by one or more
> lower courts----states will consider themselves forced to recognize a
> marriage contract solemnified in other states, as the Constitution
> explicitly dictates.

Or, alternately, throw out the Establishment Clause entirely (I think
that's the situation which allows for a legal contract in one state to
be binding in all, right??), as some states have been want to do over
gay marriage.

This, of course, opens up a whole new can of worms.

Mike