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Interstate Pluralism: The Role of Federalism in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
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This Article discusses the role of federalism in the debate over interstate recognition of same-sex marriages. It examines and rejects as simplistic the argument that the role of full faith and credit is to promote greater national uniformity. Instead, full faith and credit requires a balancing between the policy of uniformity and its counterweight, state autonomy and particularism (which is termed "interstate pluralism"). The Article identifies how interstate pluralism is reflected in a wide variety of ways in the law. It then seeks to demonstrate the benefits to the individual of being able to choose from different legal communities. It then uses extensive economic and …
