"Newps" wrote in message
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"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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I still don't understand what problem you're seeing. If some states
permit
same-sex marriage and some do not, this would be as important as the
fact
that states use different criteria for driving licenses. The federal
government is responsible for ensuring (and enforcing, should it come to
that unfortunate extreme) that the various criteria of each state are
respected by the other states.

Where is the problem that needs to be solved?

By the constitution Florida must honor my Montana drivers license. What
criteria each state puts on its own residents is irrelavant. Or the fact
that here in Montana a 14 year old that lives on a ranch can get a
license,
drive to Minnesota where the youngest licensee is 16, and drive around all
day and night. They may not even contemplate not recognizing it. With
gay
marriage at least 45 states will laugh in your face if we were married and
requested normal benefits available to normal people. Many states
actually
have laws that say marriage is between a man and a woman, some however
don't. So now we have a problem that by definition is a federal problem.
If two gay people get married out west in the land of fruits and nuts that
is California the US Constitution says my state must recognize that. No
way
in hell that will ever happen. So, federally, the question has to be
answered.

Article IV



Section 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public
Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the
Congress may be general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts,
Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.



Section 2. The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges
and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.