@MyNewtBoobs nope – just like getting married in another country doesn’t afford you legal marriage rights for multiple wives it doesn’t afford you rights regarding same sex marriage. My brother and his wife got married in Mexico but just to seal the deal they got married in the US first. No matter if you are hetero or homo there are no guarantees that your marriage will be recognized by your own country. At least if you are hetero you have a better chance but until the federal law is changed and the supreme court backs it up – homosexuals will not have equal protection under the law with regard to religion and marriage. (I say religion because I am Pagan and according to my religious beliefs homosexual marriage is ok, but I am not permitted in this country to abide within my own religious standards with regards to marriage because in this country the Abrahamic religions seem to take precedence with regards to marriage)
The link @cak already provided is a good starting point reference Here it is again http://www.glad.org/uploads/docs/publications/canada-marriage-faq.pdf
In fact the purpose/design of DOMA was so that individual states could have the right to refuse recognition of marriages that happened in another state as well as to further cement the federal definition of marriage to be between one man and one woman.
“The [DOMA] act is divided into two major sections. The first section deals with authority given to the states, and says, “No state, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other state, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship.”
The second section provides a federal definition of marriage as an institution between one man and one woman, with the word “spouse” referring only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or wife.”
reference: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/gay_marriage/act.html