Legal Threats to Traditional Marriage: Implications for Public Policy : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, April 22, 2004, Volumen4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004 - 148 páginas |
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... legislature of any ability to balance the interests of the different constituencies who care passionately about the ... legislatures in this country and the United States Con- gress . First , it is expected that some same - sex couples ...
... legislature of any ability to balance the interests of the different constituencies who care passionately about the ... legislatures in this country and the United States Con- gress . First , it is expected that some same - sex couples ...
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... legislature to take such action as it may deem appro- priate in light of this opinion . As Justice Robert J. Cordy points out in his dissent , only by as- suming that marriage includes the union of two persons of the same sex does the ...
... legislature to take such action as it may deem appro- priate in light of this opinion . As Justice Robert J. Cordy points out in his dissent , only by as- suming that marriage includes the union of two persons of the same sex does the ...
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... legislature only 180 days to " take such action as it may deem appropriate in the light of this opinion . " " 8 As a defensive measure , thirty - eight states and the federal government have in the past decade enacted Defense of ...
... legislature only 180 days to " take such action as it may deem appropriate in the light of this opinion . " " 8 As a defensive measure , thirty - eight states and the federal government have in the past decade enacted Defense of ...
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... legislature asked the following question : Id . " Does Senate , No. 2175 , which prohibits same - sex couples from entering into marriage but allows them to form civil unions with all benefits , protections , rights and respon ...
... legislature asked the following question : Id . " Does Senate , No. 2175 , which prohibits same - sex couples from entering into marriage but allows them to form civil unions with all benefits , protections , rights and respon ...
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... Legislature to take such action as it may deem appropriate in light of this opinion . " 25 " As Justice Robert J. Cordy points out in his dissent , " only by assuming that ' mar- riage ' includes the union of two persons of the same sex ...
... Legislature to take such action as it may deem appropriate in light of this opinion . " 25 " As Justice Robert J. Cordy points out in his dissent , " only by assuming that ' mar- riage ' includes the union of two persons of the same sex ...
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Página 41 - The law, however, is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the Due Process Clause, the courts will be very busy indeed.
Página 11 - At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.
Página 74 - The validity of marriage will be determined by the local law of the state which, with respect to the particular issue, has the most significant relationship to the spouses and the marriage under the principles stated in §6.
Página 108 - Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this constitution or the constitution of any state, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups.
Página 101 - These matters, involving the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime, choices central to personal dignity and autonomy, are central to the liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Página 64 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by the decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Página 39 - In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word 'marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife and the word 'spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.'.
Página 70 - 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.".
Página 40 - The marriage ban works a deep and scarring hardship on a very real segment of the community for no rational reason. The absence of any reasonable relationship between, on the one hand, an absolute disqualification of same-sex couples who wish to enter into civil marriage and, on the other, protection of public health, safety, or general welfare, suggests that the marriage restriction is rooted in persistent prejudices against persons who are (or who are believed to be) homosexual.
Página 41 - State laws against bigamy, same-sex marriage, adult incest, prostitution, masturbation, adultery, fornication, bestiality, and obscenity are likewise sustainable only in light of Bowers's validation of laws based on moral choices. Every single one of these laws is called into question by today's decision...