On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:20 PM, andie nachgeborenen < andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Unfortunately Full Faith and Credit seems to be suspended when it comes to
> marriage. The federal DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) exempts a state from
> any full faith and credit obligation to any public act, record or judicial
> proceeding of any other state "respecting a relationship between persons of
> the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other
> State ... or a right or claim arising from such relationship." 28 U.S.C.
> 1738(c). Don't ask me how a constitutional ex-law prof (Bill C) saw a way to
> sign that one squaring it with the Supremacy Clause of the US Const. It's
> survived court challenges and there's a huge law review industry devoted to
> this question. I can provide the five most-cited pieces if this is wanted.
>
> --- On Wed, 11/5/08, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
>