Obama And Gay Marriages

[Punish_her]

Well what about when the Federal Government went in and over turned laws making it illegal in some states for a black to marry a white?

The precedent for federal involvement is imho already set.

i have no recollection of the federal government telling states they couldn't let blacks and whites marry

[StrictMasterD]

i have no recollection of the federal government telling states they couldn't let blacks and whites marry

I agree, if it did happy it was state mandated in the Deep South in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement but it would have been States that set those laws not the Federal Goverment but also rember before the Civil rights Bills was passed most Black especialy in the South had virtualy no rights anyway

[Punish_her]

I agree, if it did happy it was state mandated in the Deep South in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement but it would have been States that set those laws not the Federal Goverment but also rember before the Civil rights Bills was passed most Black especialy in the South had virtualy no rights anyway

right, either i misread it, or she said "there was a time when states allowed blacks and whites to marry, but the federal government stepped in and said they couldn't" but i am quite sure im just misunderstanding

[Thorne]

right, either i misread it, or she said "there was a time when states allowed blacks and whites to marry, but the federal government stepped in and said they couldn't" but i am quite sure im just misunderstanding

Yes, you misunderstood. There were some states (North Carolina was one, up until 1971) that made mixed-race marriages ILLEGAL. The feds declared these laws to be discriminatory and stepped in to force states to accept such marriages. The situation is exactly analogous to the rights for gays to marry. I would think that the feds would require ALL states to recognize gay marriages which were performed legally in another state. It might be possible for a state to prohibit such marriages from occurring in their state, but I cannot see them ignoring legal marriages from other states. Not without causing serious legal, and moral, issues.

[denuseri]

Yes, you misunderstood. There were some states (North Carolina was one, up until 1971) that made mixed-race marriages ILLEGAL. The feds declared these laws to be discriminatory and stepped in to force states to accept such marriages. The situation is exactly analogous to the rights for gays to marry. I would think that the feds would require ALL states to recognize gay marriages which were performed legally in another state. It might be possible for a state to prohibit such marriages from occurring in their state, but I cannot see them ignoring legal marriages from other states. Not without causing serious legal, and moral, issues.

Thanking Sir for clarifying what I was trying to say.

[Thorne]

Thanking Sir for clarifying what I was trying to say.

You're welcome. It's nice to see that, despite some differences, we can find ourselves on the same side occasionally.