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Author Koppelman, Andrew.

Title Same sex, different states : when same-sex marriages cross state lines / Andrew Koppelman
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 204 pages)
Contents How we got here -- Marriage, choice of law, and public policy -- Miscegenation in the conflict of laws -- The stakes -- Against blanket nonrecognition -- Choice of law rules : the options -- When to (and when not to) recognize same-sex marriages -- The irrelevance of full faith and credit and the Defense of Marriage Act -- The difference the mini-DOMAS make -- Toward benign competition
Summary Must a state in which gay marriage is not legal recognize such a marriage performed in another state? Most of the commonly offered answers are wrong. The Constitution does not require recognition in all cases, but it does forbid states from nullifying family relationships based in other states, or making themselves havens for people who are trying to escape obligations to their spouses and children. In this book, Andrew Koppelman offers workable legal solutions to the problems that arise when gay couples cross state borders. Drawing on historical precedents in which states held radically different moral views about marriage (such as marriages between kin, marriages involving very young individuals, and interracial marriages), Koppelman shows which state laws should govern in specific situations that today's gay couples may encounter as they travel or move from place to place. Americans are profoundly divided over same-sex marriage, and now that gay civil unions and marriages are legal in some states, the debates about what states can do have become increasingly urgent. Koppelman offers a sensible approach that will appeal to the best instincts of both sides
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-195) and index
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Subject Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- United States -- States
Interstate agreements -- United States
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
Interstate agreements
Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- U.S. states
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780300135138
0300135130
Other Titles When same-sex marriages cross state lines