The Coquille Indian Tribe from Oregon has legalized gay marriage within the tribe despite Oregon's ban, voted into the state's constitution in 2004.
"How?"
Well, the Coquille Indian Tribe is federally recognized as a sovereign nation so it isn't bound to state laws like Oregon's shameful gay-marriage ban.
"How?"
The idea of Indian sovereignty is the product of many separate treaties and agreements that were made between disparate Native American tribes and the U.S. government throughout the 19th Century. A series of Supreme Court rulings in the 1820s, which have come to be known as the "Marshall Trilogy," hardened this concept into doctrine. In recent years, Judge Rehnquist and others have worked to chip away at this foundation. For more information about Rehnquist's attacks on the idea of tribal sovereignty, go here.
"How?"
Just click on the highlighted text--oh haha I get it!
(h/t Queerty)
"How?"
Well, the Coquille Indian Tribe is federally recognized as a sovereign nation so it isn't bound to state laws like Oregon's shameful gay-marriage ban.
"How?"
The idea of Indian sovereignty is the product of many separate treaties and agreements that were made between disparate Native American tribes and the U.S. government throughout the 19th Century. A series of Supreme Court rulings in the 1820s, which have come to be known as the "Marshall Trilogy," hardened this concept into doctrine. In recent years, Judge Rehnquist and others have worked to chip away at this foundation. For more information about Rehnquist's attacks on the idea of tribal sovereignty, go here.
"How?"
Just click on the highlighted text--oh haha I get it!
(h/t Queerty)
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