Re: [Marxism] US president proclaims June "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month"

[Eli Stephens <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shane: "Not so.  She is protected by the "full faith and credit" clause of the  
US Constitution.  The DOMA is facially unconstitutional."

I'm sure your words will be of great comfort to her should she be travelling 
and her spouse gets hospitalized, and, when the hospital refuses her spousal 
rights, she has to go out and find the ACLU and initiate a lawsuit to get them 
to acknowledge the "full faith and credit" clause so she can get in to see her 
partner, or, more seriously, take charge of her care should she be 
incapacitated.

By the way, DOMA was passed under Clinton, years ago. If it's such a slam-dunk 
case in the Supreme Court, as you suggest, surely someone (like my cousin) 
would have initiated a lawsuit which would have reached the Supreme Court by 
now.



Eli Stephens
 Left I on the News
 http://lefti.blogspot.com


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