Originally Posted by dallardice
I believe the marriage would have no status in the UK until the Civil Partnership Bill becomes law in the UK. Once that becomes law then the UK will recognise same-sex partnerships from other countries such as the French PACS contract, and I'm sure an MA marriage would be covered by that arrangement.
Which opens a very nice avenue for a lawsuit at Human Rights Court in Strasbourg,
because
Britain would be discriminating between US citizens based on their place of origin (Massachussets Vs. -- say -- Dubya's Texas),
and
based on their GENDER -- not sexual orientation (because marriages are
petty petit bourgeois arrangements, anyway and people may marry NOT in order to have sex with each other, but for financial reasons)
BUT INDEED based on gender: because the UK -- prior to a possible (or not) change in legislation would be recognising the marriage of -- say -- a man to a woman in the US, but NOT the marriage of a woman to a woman, this discriminating solely based on gender.