Eugene Volokh provides a superb set of legal answers to David Frum’s set of questions about the potential implications of Massachusetts’ marriages for other states. The bottom line is that federalism, as a matter of current law, will not mandate that even incidents of gay Massachusetts’ marriages be transferrable from state to state. All I know as someone who isn’t a lawyer is what I have tried to read and understand of the legal state of play on this. But Volokh is an expert. And he should calm some conservative fears about “nationalizing” civil marriages for gays in Massachusetts. (By the way: ten days till equality!)
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