President Obama: Marriage benefits should cross state lines

[MineralMan]

6. That's my take on it, too. You're right that it's going to

take additional court actions to make that obvious. Full faith and credit is a powerful argument, especially when it comes to marriage. There are current examples where states are required to honor marriage from states with different marriage laws. I'm thinking specifically of first cousin marriages, which are allowed only in less than half of states. Despite that, all states must recognize such marriages.

The same thing should apply to same-sex marriages, and it will be almost impossible for states to argue otherwise. I hope there are cases under preparation to bring this argument before the federal courts. I'm certain there are, since it's such an obvious constitutional issue.