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Originally Posted by lookout123
thanks hm, that is the one i was thinking of. then, hypothetically, if minnesota legalized gay marriage, wouldn't new mexico be required to honor them as a married couple? or am i misunderstanding the law?
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In 1996, President Clinton signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which, for federal purposes, defined marraige as "only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife" (1 U.S.C. § 7). DOMA further provided that "No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other State, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship" (28 U.S.C. § 1738C). (See Law about... Conflicts of laws, Constitutional law)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/marriage.html