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Gratuitous cruelty; What if it was your loved one?
Topic Started: Jul 22 2009, 11:58 AM (171 Views)
Bernard
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Senior Carp
Bi-national D.C. couple weighs options after residency jeopardized
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Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
from the article
 
But with the clock ticking, and the federal government poised to extinguish their nine-year relationship -- which it legally refuses to acknowledge to any degree, despite their D.C. domestic partnership and Connecticut marriage ...

Strictly from a legal standpoint, can the federal government refuse to acknowledge a marriage that a state already granted? :blink:
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Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
Most likely.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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LWpianistin
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HOLY CARP!!!
Apparently so.
And how are you today?
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QuirtEvans
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
Mikhailoh
Jul 22 2009, 12:26 PM
Most likely.
Correct.

I expect this falls under the Defense of Marriage Act.
It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010.
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