March 4, 2010

Marriage equality, Washington DC, 03-03-10

Posted in Important Dates, New Direction tagged D.C. Same sex marriage, gay marriage, Homosexual Marriage, Lesbian Marriage, Marriage equality, same sex marriage, washington DC gay marriage at 4:22 am by Kendal

Washington DC is set to make history starting to issue      marriage license to all couples who apply.

”(WASHINGTON)  The Supreme Court on  Tuesday refused to stop the District of  Columbia’s gay marriage law, freeing the city to issue its first marriage licenses to same-sex couples the following day.”

Below from www.wikipedia.com

• In NewHampshire, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.marriages for same-sex couples are legal and currently performed.
• The Coquille Indian Tribe in Oregon also grants same-sex marriage.

State(s) which previously granted same-sex marriage licenses:

• In California, same-sex marriages were performed between June 16, 2008 and November 4, 2008, after the California Supreme Court held the statutes limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples violated the state constitution; however, the California electorate then approved a voter initiative that reinstated the ban on same-sex marriage as part of California’s constitution. TheCalifornia Supreme Court upheld the voter-approved constitutional ban. Today, all same-sex unions are given the benefits of marriage under California law, although only those performed as marriages before November 5, 2008 are granted the designation “marriage”.^[1]

States which recognize same-sex marriage but do not grant same-sex marriage licenses:

• In New York, Rhode Island, and Maryland, same-sex marriages are recognized, not performed.

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