DOMA Supreme Court Case Coming Up

[fightthegoodfightnow]

Are you holding your breathe?

Speculation is that Kennedy will be key.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/21/supreme-court-doma-vote-w_n_2170577.html?ref=topbar

[Drale]

1. Even if they just rule the part that says other states

do not have to recognize marriages from other states, it will get the ball rolling and any state that does not legalize gay marriage is going to be losing a huge amount of money from people going to other states to get married.

[patrice]

2. I'm trying to imagine what happens to couples who have property in two or more states & not

all of those states recognize their marriage. Any thoughts on this?

[fightthegoodfightnow]

3. Equal Protection Clause

I think the case is going to come down to the Equal Protection Clause, including the established judicial concept that states must recognize the laws of other states, including marriages already recognized.

[getrdone]

4. Question on Equal Protection Clause:

I searched it and read it but I'm puzzled. Would that also include my same-sex (legal) marriage from Ottawa, Ontario?

[fightthegoodfightnow]

5. Hhhmmm

Unfortunately, unlikely. US doesn't recognize the laws of other jursdictions, unless there is some connection to a US citizen, and even then, US courts typically have US laws trump others.