Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
Sort of in line with my last post, I have a legal question which perhaps someone here might help me with?

This week, the voters in the state of North Carolina, in a fit of medieval extravagance, passed an Amendment banning gay marriages. Other states have done similar things in the past. I'm not too concerned with the legality of this, as that will eventually be determined in the courts. What interests me is how this would affect a couple who are married, legally, in another state. Could a gay couple from New York, say, be arrested while traveling through North Carolina? And what if they moved to North Carolina? Would they be forced to dissolve their marriage?

Personally, even as a heterosexual, I'm not eager to travel to or through North Carolina, since they have proven that some 80% of their population are bigots. Having to live in South Carolina is bad enough. (And yes, I could see the people of this state doing something equally idiotic.) I certainly won't be spending any of MY vacation money in NC! (Which, since I don't HAVE any vacation money, won't mean a damned thing. But my intentions are pure!)
Thorne,
Your question was raised on TV last nigh,t it is my undertanding that a married couple from say Calirofnia moves to N. Carolina (why the hell they would do that beats the hello out of me) anyway if they move to a state like N Carloina, the state not only could refuse to honor their marriage but also descriminate again them in every way possibl,e jobs, health care etc the could be refused jobs if the employer did not want some gay workingfor them, it would also effecti f they had any children, their children would have no legal protction for ANYTHING and gays in gneral would have no leagal protection if a Hosptial did not wantto treat tehm because they were gay the Hosptial COULD of their own choisnf refuse to treat them thei ssue goes WAY beyond just no recognizingtheir marriage or Civil Union they would have NO Protction or ANY RIGHTS norwould their children if anty were involved