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Originally posted by Wax_off
So the way I interpret Article IV is that the STATES have to give full faith and credit. The federal govt. isn't a state, they don't have to recognize these marriages. I can't imagine that doing that doesn't fall afoul of some other part of the constitution or law,.
I guess for me it just seems really unfair to say "You may be married is the eyes of the states, but not in the eyes of the federal government because you're a man married to a man or a woman married to a woman." For sure that's discrimination based on gender.
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IMHO, I think Art. IV basically is trying to state if you have a DL in one state it is to be recognized in all states and is refering to powers not given the Fed. BUT should there be problems within the states in recognition then the Fed. can make laws to to set a standard.
I think in HS we used slavery as an example of this Art. in that if a black man was a Mass. citizen and free, and had to travel to S. Car., S. Car had to recognize his free status from Mass. and he was still to be considered free in S.Car.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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