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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I assume that it will be challenged under the full faith and credit clause. I can marry my first cousin in North Carolina, but I can't in Texas. If I go ahead and marry him in North Carolina and then move to Texas, that marriage is going to be recognized in Texas under the full faith and credit clause.
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Only the part of DOMA applying to the states could be challenged under the FFC clause. The part applying to the Federal government could not be so challenged as the FFC clause doesn't applying to the Feds. Hence the need for the FFC act, but that is not in the constitution.
