2007-07-19 16:50:58 · 18 answers · asked by universatile love 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes it is legal in that state.
The Constitution seems clear. The other 49 states, and the Federal government, must recognize the validity of any marriage under the laws of Massachusetts. To do otherwise is to violate the original intent of the Constitution's framers. To change this, you need an amendment to the Constitution. Of course, an amendment is a difficult thing to pass, requiring a 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress and ratification by 3/4 of the state legislatures.
As a Minister I am not permitted to marry male couples unless it is in a state where it is legal.
So Yep, you have two Daddies if they have a marriage Certificate from the state of Mass.
Rev. TomCat
2007-07-19 17:05:48 · answer #1 · answered by Rev. TomCat 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your dad and his...umm...spouse...are legally married in all 50 states.
See the provision in Article IV, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution which states: "Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state."
Thus, a marriage that was legal in the state where it was performed must be recognized by all the other states.
At least, that's the way it reads....
Edit:
As a Christian, I believe that homosexuality is a sin. But the Full Faith and Credit Clause doesn't reach all the way to Heaven...
My rules are based on my faith. People who are not a part of my faith should not be subject to my rules.
That doesn't mean that God is not real, or that homosexuality is not a sin. But, when I heard my Lord say "Let the one with no sin throw the first stone", I had to drop all the rocks in my pockets...suddenly, they were too heavy for me.
Meantime, know that God still loves your Dad and your...uh...step-dad...
God bless!!
2007-07-19 23:58:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't see why not.
A marriage between a man and a woman is recognized state to state, so why shouldn't another type of marriage?
My wife and I were married in California... does that mean if we travel to Arizona and decide to have some nookie that we're having sex out of wedlock? Or since we were married in California, if we had another child, but the child was born in Alaska, that child would be illegitimate?
Marriage is marriage.
2007-07-19 23:57:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, other states HAVE to recoginize the marriage by Federal Uniform Statue, but it is not legal in other states to marry same sex. Only MA.
2007-07-20 00:09:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know it is only legal there. It is not legal in my state
2007-07-19 23:53:40 · answer #5 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Give it time...
interracial marriage only became legal in all fifty states seven years ago.
2007-07-19 23:56:20 · answer #6 · answered by Dreamstuff Entity 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not legal in California.
2007-07-19 23:55:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's a few other states out there, but regardless, congratulations for your dad and his boyfriend. =)
2007-07-20 00:05:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. The marriage won't be recognized in other states.
2007-07-19 23:53:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Yes New Hampshire just past the law for gay marriages also.
2007-07-19 23:53:57 · answer #10 · answered by SDC 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋