[geegee]

I'm not looking for opinions here on whether or not homosexuality is right, wrong, or should be accepted.

The issue of gay marriage is really starting to get more than just passing interest these days-it's getting an awful lot of scrutiny from legal beagles at all levels of the judiciary. From state courts to the US Supreme Court, this is an issue that will have to be dealt with, and probably sooner rather than later. Some states accept it, some don't, but all will have to decided whether or not a union between two people pronounced "legal" in one state, cannot (and will not) be accepted as legal in another.

So, my question is this: if those states at some point decide that they will grant all legal rights to a couple holding a legally issued marriage license, how then can a legally issued concealed carry permit also not be seen as legal? I'm not saying that the states have to be the same in both cases, but rather that the issue of reciprocity will have to be examined in light of constitutional rights. Is national concealed carry just around the corner, by virtue of legal challenges for gay marriage?

I'm not a lawyer (nor do I play one on TV ;) ), and perhaps my logic is flawed, but it seems to me that as a legal CHL holder, I may very well benefit from an issue in which I have no interest. .I've got no dog in this fight, but I may have a chance to walk away with a prize just the same. I know there are some pretty good legal minds who post here, so I sure would appreciate a couple of opinions. Thanks, geegee

[Moparmike]

Sounds like a reasonable arguement. Look for this thread to be moved to L & P though.

[roscoe]

It is my understanding that the full faith and credit clause has been interpreted as applying to lawbreakers, etc., rather than licenses. Otherwise, contractors licences from one state would be valid in others. The situation with drivers licences is by common consent, rather than constitutional interpretation.

[Standing Wolf]

...if those states at some point decide that they will grant all legal rights to a couple holding a legally issued marriage license, how then can a legally issued concealed carry permit also not be seen as legal?

Easy. The leftist extremists will announce society benefits from marriages between homosexuals, but suffers from commoners' keeping and bearing arms. Society comes first, don't you know?

[Matt G]

S. Ct. has an odd selectivity to Incorporation Doctrine. Would have to be on a case-by-case basis without it.

This thread is being moved to Legal And Political.

[Duncan Idaho]

What Standing Wolf said.