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To: tomahawk
If Massachusetts says Adam and Steve are married, Tennessee would be required to treat them as married when they move here.

This is absolutely false. FF&C cannot force a state to violate its own laws. If Tennessee does not recognize gay marriage, a gay marriage from another state is null and void in Tennessee.

131 posted on 02/24/2004 3:35:55 PM PST by SolidSupplySide
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To: SolidSupplySide
If Tennessee does not recognize gay marriage, a gay marriage from another state is null and void in Tennessee.

Oh really? Does Tennessee recognise marraiges from other states when one of the parties to the marriage is under the age of consent but over the age of consent in the state they came from?

You bet your bottom dollar they do.

136 posted on 02/24/2004 3:41:43 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: SolidSupplySide
This is absolutely false. FF&C cannot force a state to violate its own laws. If Tennessee does not recognize gay marriage, a gay marriage from another state is null and void in Tennessee.

Totally false. For example: A handful of states allow first cousins to marry. A marriage that is proscribed in the vast majority of states. However, once married, that cousin/couple is married in all 50 states.

177 posted on 02/24/2004 4:09:16 PM PST by Melas
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