One of the Louisiana statutes they challenged made clear the state's assertion of its right to deny recognition to the legal act of another state: "A purported marriage between persons of the same sex violates a strong public policy of the state of Louisiana". On December 2,same-sex marriage legislation was defeated on the floor of the New York State Senate by a vote of 24 to 38; [27] no Republican voted yes, eight Democrats voted no.
President Barack Obama's views on same-sex marriage varied over the course of his political career and became more consistently supportive of same-sex marriage rights over time.
Robles decided that existing New York law did not permit same-sex marriages and that there is no state constitutional right to same-sex marriage. In the s, he had supported same-sex marriage while campaigning for the Illinois Senate. They have these biases because they don't understand what it means.
October 21, Assembly Passes Gay Marriage Bill". And even though my life had all the appearances of being perfect, I was extremely unhappy.
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Wikimedia Commons. District Court for the District of Colorado ruling in Burns v. Marriages licensed between December 20, , and January 6, June 1, Some counties in Alabama issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples for three weeks until the state Supreme Court ordered probate judges to stop doing so.
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