tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post6182847199759888207..comments2023-10-18T02:56:27.711-07:00Comments on Jennifer Roback Morse: 'President Obama' could overturn marriage amendmentsJennifer Roback Morsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08328491226267765655noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-84195056349131646232008-11-10T12:01:00.000-08:002008-11-10T12:01:00.000-08:00I think Staver is being dramatic, in order to gene...I think Staver is being dramatic, in order to generate demand for the FMA. States do not have to recognize another jurisdiction's declaration of marriage if it would be against their public policy. They don't need DOMA for that. They could easily say that it is void as soon as they step over the border. And interestingly, full faith and credit would mean that other states had to accept that state's voiding of another state's marriage.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to the DOMA debate, because the demand to achieve federal recognition should create a negotiation space where we could achieve the protection of marriage, too. We could offer to give federal recognition to Civil unions but only if they are defined according to a federal standard definition, so as not to be "marriage in all but name", and if we prohibit using modified genes to conceive. If CU's were defined as marriage minus conception rights, the federal government would recognize them as if they were marriages.<BR/><BR/>We shouldn't lose this opportunity to protect marriage. In just a few months, Massachusetts could be switching over to CU's if we get together and push for the Egg and Sperm CU Compromise during the DOMA debate.John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15367755435877853172noreply@blogger.com