Constitutional Law Full Faith and Thesis

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Following In Re Marriage Cases, a group of protesters gathered enough signatures in order to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November, 2008. The amendment set out to limit marriage in California to opposite-sex couples. However, that initiative didn't get far because in the State of California, voters may only amend the state constitution by initiative, they may not revise it. A revision must be passed by the state legislature or by constitutional convention (Same Sex Marriage: Developments in the Law, 2009).

The issue of same sex marriages has been a hot debate for years and will continue to be just that. As more and more states enact laws regarding these marriages, the way that people look at them will also change.
Until the proponents of a federal law regarding same sex marriages mange to get a measure passed it will continue to be up to each state to recognize these marriages as they see fit. Although there is some wiggle room under the Full Faith and Credit clause contained in the Constitution, the fact that it also says that states have the right to refuse to recognize any laws that are completely against that states beliefs, those states that don't want to recognize same sex marriages will not be required to do so.

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