Can a marriage certificate also serve as an arrest warrant?
California, the second state to recognize same-sex couples' right to civil marriage, became the first to extend that right to couples residing outside the state when its landmark Supreme Court ruling took effect in mid June. Most out-of-state couples, with the exception of those residing in Massachusetts and New York, know that their marriages will not be recognized when they return home.
For couples in Wisconsin, however, second-class citizenship may simply be the appetizer to the main course: Jail time.
In addition to an amendment voted into Wisconsin's constitution in 2006 barring recognition of same-sex marriages, a law on the books prohibits its residents from leaving the state to enter a marriage that would not be legally recognized when they return.
This is ridiculous!
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