Myspace suicides and same-sex marriages - and you thought the subway series was something to chatter about

Not that I have been following this case beyond the headlines, but I saw that the mother in this MySpace case where the mother posed as a 16-year old boy to pretend to be in love with a girl, which led eventually to the girl comitting suicide. See Mom indicted in deadly MySpace hoax. I can't figure out if the case is being brought in California or Missouri, but either way, I'm sure the news will keep this story afloat. We'll see how the appeals courts handle this one once the sensationalism of the facts gets fritted away.

Speaking of sensationalist cases, the Supreme Court of California gave Gov. Arnold his wish of letting the courts deal with the gay marriage issue and struck down the legislative ban against gay marriage in sunny CA as unconstitutional. See California Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Struck Down. While I will refrain from weighing in, mainly because I have not read the case (In re Marriage Cases can be found here), I think that it will open the door to whether other states can or cannot recognize the marriages which would be legal in one state but not recognized in others. Where this issue gets raised, the power (or perhaps limits) of the "full faith and credit" clause in this regard will be tested. Cf., e.g., Court Rules Against Same-Sex Divorce (RI Supreme Court denying a RI divorce to same-sex couples validly married in Mass.) with In First, N.Y. Judge Allows Gay Divorce (NY trial court permits divorce in NY of a lesbian couple married in Canada). Interesting times on both the west and east coast.

Tags: myspace suicide case, california supreme court, california same-sex marriage case, same-sex divorce issues and full faith and credit