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  • 31Same-sex marriage and procreation — is an issue that lawmakers and judges have used to determine whether or not same sex marriage is legal. One such use occurred in the 2006 Washington state Supreme Court decision, Andersen v. King County [… …

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  • 32Banns of marriage — The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the banns or bans (from a Middle English word meaning proclamation, rooted in Old French[1]) are the public announcement in a Christian parish church of an impending marriage between two specified… …

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  • 33Timeline of same-sex marriage — A timeline of significant events regarding same sex marriage and legal recognition of same sex couples worldwide in modern history, followed by a timeline of notable same sex marriages and unions.ignificant events regarding recognition of same… …

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  • 34Same-sex marriage in New Hampshire — Legal recognition of same sex relationships Marriage Argentina Belgium Canada Iceland Netherlands Norway Portugal South Africa Spain Sweden …

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  • 35Same-sex marriage in Iowa — ] The ruling was made as a result of a suit brought against Polk County by six same sex couples who had been denied marriage licenses. Hanson s ruling states, in part, thatCouples, such as plaintiffs, who are otherwise qualified to marry one… …

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  • 36Defense of Marriage Act — DOMA redirects here. For other uses, see Doma (disambiguation). For other uses of Defense of Marriage Act , see Defense of marriage amendment. Defense of Marriage Act Acronym DOMA Enacted by the 104th United States Congress …

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  • 37Federal Marriage Amendment — The Federal Marriage Amendment H.J. Res. 56 (FMA) (also referred to by proponents as the Marriage Protection Amendment) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which would have limited marriage in the United States to unions of …

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  • 38Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts — ] Because federal law confers marital benefits only upon opposite sex marriages, more than 1,100 benefits remain unavailable to married same sex couples in Massachusetts.History Goodridge v. Department of Public Health was brought by Gloria… …

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  • 39Common-law marriage in the United States — was affirmed by the United States Supreme Court in Meister v. Moore (96 U.S. 76 (1877)), which ruled that Michigan had not abolished common law marriage merely by producing a statute establishing rules for the solemnization of marriages. Common… …

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  • 40Same-sex marriage in Spain — Legal recognition of same sex relationships Marriage Argentina Belgium Canada Iceland Netherlands Norway Portugal South Africa Spain Sweden …

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