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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Query re: States with Super-DOMAs

The following query comes from Ken Sherrill. Comments are open for this post. Ken would also appreciate leads sent directly to him at ken@kensherrill.com

The American Political Science Association has entered into a contract to hold its 2012 Annual Meetings in New Orleans. Several members of the Association believe that the Association should meet only in states that can guarantee the safety of all of the Association's members and that the Super-DOMA language denying "the legal incidents" of marriage to members of same-sex couples places those members at substantial risk. 

As you know, the amendment reads: 

Louisiana's Constitutional Amendment 

Marriage in the state of Louisiana shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman. No official or court of the state of Louisiana shall construe this constitution or any state law to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any member of a union other than the union of one man and one woman. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized. No official or court of the state of Louisiana shall recognize any marriage contracted in any other jurisdiction which is not the union of one man and one woman.

I am looking for examples of the actual impact of Super-DOMAs on members of LGBT families who travel to states with these amendments. Have there been problems with hospitals, the police, other government agencies, etc.? Can anyone provide newspaper articles or citations to legal cases? What legal documents should a person who is in a LGBT family carry when travelling to these states? Have any of our major national organizations provide guidance on these matters? 

Many LGBT organizations hold events in these states. No national organization hs suggested that LGBT people not visit these states. Should these facts be taken as evidence that concern about travelling to these states is irrational? 

I would be most appreciative of any serious documentation. 

Best, 

Ken Sherrill

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