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[theweaselking]

Two British women, married in Canada, are suing to have their marriage legally recognised - since, after all, a heterosexual couple married in Canada would be legally married in Britain.

They're right, of course - "separate but equal" is pointless bullshit where the only arguments in favour are religious, and hence both legally invalid and at best semiliterate.

Also,
Rolling Stone has been taken on a guided tour of the "house of horrors" that is the US Congress, courtesy of Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)

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[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

IIRC, the treaty covering this type of thing says, basically, that if two people are married in one country, their marriage is legal in all signing countries, unless, of course, that marriage is illegal in the second country ... it's a part of the treaty that doesn't have any real teeth.
But, you're right, although this would probably have no effect on U.S. jurisprudence, since they've been making a point of ignoring international precedent.