Democracy...
silly at ofb.net
silly at ofb.net
Wed Sep 16 02:26:41 PDT 1998
> > The congress doesn't pass laws regarding marriages.
> Yet.
Not really true, IMO. Consider
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d104:HR03396:@@@L
Signed into law in 1996, The Defense of Marriage Act, seeks to define
"marriage" as a marriage between one man and one woman, in an attempt to
prevent gay people from getting, say, married in Hawaii and then getting
the same protection as other married people.
Unfortunately, it it seems to be in character with the "full faith and
credit" clause (Article IV, Section 1) of the U.S. Constitution, which
follows "And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the
Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved,
and the Effect thereof."
The same rationale could be used in turning state-issued driver's
licenses into National ID Cards, couldn't it?
(me)
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