tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post2601974016771367562..comments2023-10-02T04:41:34.722-04:00Comments on Marry in Massachusetts: Ex-Equality Statemassmarrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-4687619146319860072007-01-31T20:48:00.000-05:002007-01-31T20:48:00.000-05:00Musgrave has put her "Marriage Amendment" on the b...Musgrave has put her "Marriage Amendment" on the back burner this session. Angie Paccione almost beat her in Colorado in '06, and now she's scared to push her pet cause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-50724877876645467592007-01-30T19:44:00.000-05:002007-01-30T19:44:00.000-05:00I don't believe a state has the authority to void ...I don't believe a state has the authority to void marriages from other states, let alone countries. On the other hand, the one area that the federal government stepped into the states' rights power over marriage was in polygamy, with the Latter Day Saints. So today, a legally polygamous family moving to the U.S. is faced with the first marriage being recognized, but no additional wives.<br /><br />As far as I know, neither the nation nor states have previously claimed to be able to void external marriages. I bet this is reaching much too far.massmarrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-50874371418415684492007-01-30T17:06:00.000-05:002007-01-30T17:06:00.000-05:00What about people married in other countries? Doe...What about people married in other countries? Does a US state have the power to nullify marriages enacted by soverign nations?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-63823583467576055162007-01-30T12:27:00.000-05:002007-01-30T12:27:00.000-05:00Then maybe we should pass a law that does not reco...Then maybe we should pass a law that does not recognize any marriage that takes place in the "Equality State". Let the people vote.Boston Budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com