POSC 4210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Void Marriage, United States Attorney General, Covenant Marriage
10 Mar 2016
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Substantive restrictions on why may enter into marriage: states have restrictions on who may marry who is capable of getting married, same sex relationships (until 2015, polygamous relationships. X: defense of marriage act (1996) is a response to hawaii. The california story: proposition 22- california defense of marriage law (2000, in re marriage cases (2008) prop 22 held unconstitutional by california. Prop 8 enacts a judgement about the worth and dignity of gays and lesbians as a class : denied marriage licenses based on prop 8, argued that it was against right to marry and discriminated against sexual orientation, hollingsworth et. Perry, stier v. schwarzenegger (2010: us district court, what is the plaintiffs argument against proposition 8, what is the proponent"s defense of proposition 8, questions addressed at trial, domestic partnerships vs. marriage, purported interests, ruling. State legislatures, popular vote- same sex marriage: legislature: vermont, nh, ny, etc, vote: maine, maryland, etc.
