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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:59 PM Original message |
"I declare you legally wed" |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. They'd have to invent a new FEDERAL definition, then. There is a federal definition of marriage. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. How are domestic partnerships defined between states now? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Some states recognize them, and some do not. It is NOT uniform. At all. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. garriage |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Aren't same-sex couples allowed to legally wed in Mass and CT? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Massachusetts has weddings |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. OK, here's the ;point |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Like civil unions |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. If you don't recognize "it" at the federal level, then gay people are denied benefits that accrue to |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yes, it has to be federally recognized |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. We'd have to abandon the word MARRIAGE, then--federally speaking. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Weddings themselves don't mean anything in legal context, Gay couples can have weddings... |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. But what if "being wed" became a legally recognized status... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Yep. I just last night had a call from a couple and put their wedding on my calendar. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. My state does, as does Connecticut. I do not have any problem with it. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. My state has for years |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I understand that and agree |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. That would still violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. This is the correct answer. |
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