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Same-Sex Conflicts - West Virginia
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This website focuses on the interjurisdictional recognition of same-sex marriages, civil unions, and domestic partnerships.

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If there is one thing that the people are entitled to expect from their lawmakers, it is rules of law that will enable individuals to tell whether they are married and, if so, to whom.

Justice Robert H. Jackson
u.s. supreme court

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West Virginia

 

Higher Law. West Virginia is bound by the United States Constitution, federal law, and the international obligations of the United States.

Section 2 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act purportedly authorizes the state to disregard any “relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of [another] State, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship. 28 U.S.C. § 1738C. The constitutionality of that provision is disputed.

 

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