and there is some question if you get married in NY, and move to Alabama, if the federal government needs to recognize it still. (is the question of fed recognition the state that performed the marriage, or the state you currently reside in when you file taxes)
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > It should also be noted that they only ruled on one part of DOMA, that > prevented the federal government from providing equal benefits to same sex > couples that are married. The other major part of DOMA allows individual > states to not recognize same sex marriages performed in another state. That > part of the law was not adjudicated in this particular case. It should get > struck down eventually due to the Full Faith and Credit section of the > Constitution but at this time it is still up in the air. This means that if > you get married in New York and move to Alabama, your marriage may not be > recognized in Alabama for legal purposes. > > Cheers, > Judah > > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > The SC didnt really strike it down. they just said that since the STATE > > refused to appeal the lower state court reversal, that "interested" third > > parties did not have standing to appeal the case, so that the lower court > > decision held. > > > > which sounds legally like the "right" thing to do (consistant with > previous > > rulings and previous courts) > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > SCOTUS refuses to rule on Prop 8 - letting the lower court ruling > > > overturning Prop 8 to stand.The 5 to 4 ruling strikes down California's > > > ban, while not disturbing bans in other states. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-clears-way-for-same-sex-marriage-in-california/2013/06/26/87ddb4d0-d9ac-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_allComments.html?ctab=all_&; > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:26 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > One down, one more to go. > > > > > > > > Very disappointed in Roberts. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Larry C. Lyons < > [email protected] > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 5-4 Kennedy swing juror. Scalia, Alito Roberts and Thomas dissent. > > > > > > > > > > http://wwww.SCOTUSblog.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364941 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
