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- Out-of-State Civil Unions in Iowa After Varnum v. Brien: Why the State of Iowa Should Recognize Civil Unions as Marriages
One of the issues that arose after the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision in Varnum v. Brien, which held that Iowa’s Constitution would not permit Iowa to limit the institution of marriage to opposite-sex couples, regards how the state should treat different types of same-sex unions from other states. Some of the most interesting and important concerns center around the status Iowa will give to out-of-state civil unions and domestic partnerships, relationships that receive legal recognition but are not true marriages in their states of origin. Since federal law (the Full Faith and Credit Clause and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act) and choice-of-law principles allow Iowa to recognize out-of-state, same-sex relationships, Iowa courts and legislators must now look to statutory l...
- Iowa Law Review
- Nbr. 96-1, November 2010
- The meaning of 'general laws': the extent of Congress's power under the Full Faith and Credit Clause and the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Section 2 of the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 (DOMA) should be ruled unconstitutional because it oversteps the power granted to Congress under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution. DOMA section 2 allows individual states to refuse recognition to same-sex marriages regarded as valid in another state. This provision represents the first case in which Congress has attempted to restrict full faith and credit.
- University of Pennsylvania Law Review
- Vol. 145 Nbr. 6, June 1997
- Marriage and the law: understood properly, the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution actually protects the right of states to refuse to recognize same-sex 'marriages' legitimized in other states.
In the press, on talk radio, and on television, self-styled conservatives and liberals alike are warning Americans that the forced recognition of homo...
- The New American
- March 07, 2005

- Oren Adar, et al v. Darlene Smith, (5th Cir. 2011)
... relief, asserting that her action denies full faith and credit to the New York adoption decree a... the Constitution’s full faith and credit clause or equal protection clause. Confusion has surround... and Credit Clause and the Defense of Marriage Act, 32 CREIGHTON L. REV. 255, 265 (1998). ...
- Federal Circuits
- Oren Adar, et al v. Darlene Smith, (5th Cir. 2011)
... relief, asserting that her action denies full faith and credit to the New York adoption decree a... the Constitution’s full faith and credit clause or equal protection clause. Confusion has surround... Page: 7 Date Filed: 04/12/2011 Marriage Act, 32 C REIGHTON L. R EV. 255, 265 (1998). ...
- Federal Circuits
- Section 1: Full Faith and Credit
... include the following: the rule that a marriage which is good in the country where performed ( lex...On the other hand, the clause is not violated when a judgment is disregarded bec...
- Constitution of the United States (Annotated)
- Cultural rights versus civic virtue?
...Two arranged marriages involving two girls of thirteen and fourteen years... that the laws of any state be given "full faith and credit" in other states, a couple legall... marriage under the full faith and credit clause and the practice of comity between the American st...
- The Monist
- Vol. 95 Nbr. 1, January 2012
- III. Methods for acquiring benefits
... for and the opposition to same-sex marriage. The most frequent and successful legislation guar... preemption under the insurance saving's clause." (28) Additionally, a change in the definition of...: 1) States are not required to give full faith and credit to judgments and acts of other st...
- Recognizing Lesbian and Gay Families: Strategies for obtaining domestic partner benefits
- Summary
- The need for full recognition of same-sex marriage.
..., affording the relationship the same full faith and credit that married heterosexual couples recei... and abortions: "The Due Process Clause gives [the defendants] the full right to engage in...
- The Humanist
- Vol. 63 Nbr. 5, September 2003
- Non-Economic Individual Rights
§ 23.1 Civil Rights Protections: The Second, Third & Seventh Amendments & The Full Faith and Credit Clause of Article IV, § 1. § 23.1.1 The Second Amendment: Right to Bear Arms. § 23.1.2 The Third Amendment: Protection Against Quartering of Soldiers In Individuals' Homes. § 23.1.3 The Seventh Amendment: Right to Jury Trial in Actions At Common Law. § 23.1.4 The Full Faith and Credit Clause. § 23.2 Criminal Defendants' Rights. § 23.2.1 The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments. § 23.2.1.1 The Fourth Amendment: Protection Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures. § 23.2.1.2 The Fifth Amendment: Grand Jury Indictment, Double Jeopardy, Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, and Due Process of Law. A. Requirement of Grand Jury Indictment. B. Protection Against Double Jeopardy. C. Priv...

... and Credit clause involves issues of marriage and divorce, in particular the issue of whether ga...
- The Path of Constitutional Law