Five States Are Urging SCOTUS to End Marriage Equality
An additional four states have introduced legislation that would create a category called “covenant marriage” that could only occur between a man and a woman.
And Trump wants to make Canada a part of the U.S. so we can be a part of this hate and bullshit? Yeah go stuff it up your asses. Pathetic and horrible both at the same time.
I guess it’s bound to happen when you vote in a rapist criminal to lead you.
The intention was always to flood the news with headlines so that the real power grab is obfuscated. Reagan was doing a similar thing when he was running. McDrumpf just turned it up to eleven.
I mean.. Thomas point blank said so after Dobbs.
I agree on the headline, it's time for change, we should totally ban traditional marriage. 😋
Before I read it, wonder if Idaho is on there?
Edit: yep my home state continues to disappoint :/
Had the same feeling. I'm pretty sure my state will join up. Fucking shitmess.
However, those bills would create a category of legal marriage called "covenant marriage,” which can only take place between a man and a woman, and which generally require premarital counseling and greater restrictions on seeking divorce.
So are they trying to work around the Full Faith and Credit Clause that says that each state needs to honor the proceedings of other states? To say "that other state doesn't have covenant marriage, so you can't divorce from a covenant marriage using that other state's proceess?"
Or are they just trying to create some sort of scheme to raise the bar for divorce for people not willing to go out-of-state to get a divorce?
https://www.divorcenet.com/resources/basic-divorce-residency-requirements-in-your-state.html
The clearest outlier is Nevada (as discussed below). Physical presence in Nevada for six weeks is enough to meet the residency requirement, even if your permanent home is in another state.
Like, if you want to get a divorce in Nevada, you can go spend a month-and-a-half in Nevada and then basically disregard whatever your home state's divorce restrictions are. That's still a not-inconsiderable barrier, though.
I'm a little suspicious that if the idea is the former, to create a whole new form of formal relationship so that other states will not permit one to exit the relationship, that probably some other state is going to have some activists go get "covenant marriage" added in that state too...and just have really weak barriers to exit it.
Idaho is always on the wrong side of history, but fuck the Dakotas.
Also, what the fuck is wrong with Michigan these days? Voting for Trump and now this?
It's only getting legislation introduced. I'm sure you could find a nut job state rep in every state that would be willing to go along with forcing their religious extremism on the rest of us.
Sorry to tell you, but no one is ever on the wrong side of history.
It just gets written like that by the side that won later...
I wonder how it's going for the "LGB community".
