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Originally posted by sgtclub
I heard interesting commentary yesterday on this, which basically said that Bush is getting a raw deal on this because, although he agrees with a constitutional amendment, he did not sign up to the one that has been proposed, and apparently there is another one floating around which would basically say that each state gets to decide what counts as marriage in that state and what marriage from other states to recognize.
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That other amendment is, if accurately described, redundant. There is already law interpreting the Full Faith and Credit Clause to have a "trap door" for when a foreign state's judgment offends a deeply held public policy. States aren't required to recognize another state's marriage decree if it violates a deeply held public policy against consanguinity or (sigh) polygamy.
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