The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a controversial bill Thursday that would allow private citizens and organizations to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages without facing punishment.
You aren’t wrong, but some of us (can you tell I have attorneys and judges in the family) believe in engaging with the system in good faith when and where able, and kicking back when it doesn’t engage back in good faith.
We’re running out of that when and where able lately it seems, but my perspective as always is limited
Does this mean I can personally deny the recognition of other government proceedings? If so, I’m for it.
So aside from the fourteenth amendment issues, this also runs afoul of the full faith and credit clause of the constitution. It’s dead on arrival.
Full faith and credit never stopped the refusal of some states to recognize other states’ gay marriages. It should have but didn’t
You aren’t wrong, but some of us (can you tell I have attorneys and judges in the family) believe in engaging with the system in good faith when and where able, and kicking back when it doesn’t engage back in good faith.
We’re running out of that when and where able lately it seems, but my perspective as always is limited
That’s fair, i just suspect that that element won’t be upheld and am still bitter that it wasn’t then
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