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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
It's not just court decisions. The bill doesn't say "judicially construed." The inclusion of state law can only possibly mean that no state law can be enacted that confers the legal incidents of marriage on same-sex couples --- i.e., states are powerless to create civil unions that confer legal incidents of marriage. Anyone who calls this "ambiguous" is being charitable toward the GOP's intentions.
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I don't see how that reading doesn't still allow a state legislature to decide that it believes that the "right" thing to do is to provide a marriage-equivalent for gays called civil unions. Not because the state constitution or state law requires it, but because it's desirable policy.
