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	SJC hears challenge to marriage law - The Boston Globe
		In a case that could intensify the fierce debate about same-sex marriage in the United States, the Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments yesterday in a challenge to a 1913 state law that the Commonwealth has used to block out-of-state gay couples from marrying here.
		In addition, she argued that state officials have misapplied the law to all out-of-state couples, even though, by her reckoning, only 14 states declare same same-sex marriages void.
		But a lawyer for Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly, who says he personally supports same-sex marriage but must defend the law as the state's top lawyer, countered that Massachusetts is applying it both to gay and straight couples.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/10/07/sjc_hears_challenge_to_marriage_law (808 words)

	Same-sex marriage in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United States, proponents of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples observe that there are over 1,049 federal laws in which marital status is a factor, as well as state and private benefits (family memberships, discounts, etc) denied same-sex couples by excluding them from participating in marriage.
		Nineteen states have constitutional amendments explicitly barring the recognition of same-sex marriage, confining civil marriage to a legal union between a man and a woman.
		February 2: A proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage was rejected by the Judiciary Committee of the Maryland House of Delegates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States (6658 words)

	Advocacy for Same-Sex Marriage in the United States TPMCafe
		While it seems as though some religious opponents to same-sex marriage are fixed in their extremist beliefs to the point of no return, other religious people see the rationality to accepting everyone as a part of God’s plan, which is refreshing and encouraging in the ongoing fight for same-sex marriage advocacy.
		All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
		No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
	www.tpmcafe.com /node/26733 (2483 words)

	Issue Guide:Same-Sex Marriage (United States) - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
		Those who believe in states rights on the same-sex marriage issue do so on the principle that the populations of individual states should be allowed to organize their society and culture in whatever way fits their ideals and morals.
		The Defense of Marriage Act, a bill signed into law in 1996 by Democratic President Bill Clinton, explicitly grants states the right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages.
		The Federal Marriage Amendment is a proposed Amendment to the United States Constitution that would legislate the nature of marriage, so that it is limited to occurring between one man and one woman.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Issue_Guide:Same-Sex_Marriage_(United_States) (746 words)

	NTU Info Centre: February 2004
		Same-sex marriage in the United States: San Francisco Superior court Judge James L. Warner postpones any decision to block the city and county of San Francisco, California from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to void the 2,464 same-sex marriages that were performed in the city since February 12.
		Same-sex marriage in the United States: The California Supreme Court refuses a petition by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer asking for an immediate ruling on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage laws and a cease and desist order against San Francisco's granting of marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
		Same-sex marriage in the United States : A majority of Americans (2 to 1 margin) respond they do not want laws in their states that would legalize same-sex marriages.
	www.nowtryus.com /article:February_2004 (9108 words)

	Same-sex marriage in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United States, proponents of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples observe that there are over 1,049 federal laws in which marital status is a factor, as well as state and private benefits (family memberships, discounts, etc) denied same-sex couples by excluding them from participating in marriage.
		Advocates of "same-sex marriage", more commonly known as "gay marriage", generally hold that lawful marriage and the benefits thereof should be made available to same-sex couples, and that the denial of lawful marriage infringes one or more of their rights.
		List of benefits of marriage in the United States
	en2.wikipedia.org /wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States (9108 words)

	Same Sex Marriage: A Selective Bibliography
		The Circuit Court decision held that the sex-based classification in the Hawaii marriage statute was unconstitutional, and enjoined the state from denying a marriage license solely because the applicants were of the same sex.
		Declares that the recognition or extension by the state of the specific statutory benefits of legal marriage to nonmarital relationships between persons of the same sex or different sexes is against the strong public policy of the state of Ohio.
		No State shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State concerning a union between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage, or as having the legal incidents of marriage, under the laws of such other State.
	law-library.rutgers.edu /SSM.html (8929 words)

	FindLaw's Writ - Grossman: The One-Year Anniversary of Same-Sex Marriage in the United States
		A mere ban on same-sex marriage could be more easily (though not necessarily correctly) sustained under federal constitutional principles, since most courts would be likely to find that states have a compelling interest in protecting the institution of marriage.
		The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is a federal law permitting states to refuse recognition to same-sex marriages.
		The uniting of two persons of the same sex in a civil union, domestic partnership, or other similar same-sex relationship shall not be valid or recognized in Nebraska."
	writ.news.findlaw.com /grossman/20050517.html (2282 words)

	glbtq >> social sciences >> Same-Sex Marriage
		Similar to heterosexual weddings, commitment ceremonies of same-sex partnerships are legally recognized in some countries, but generally not in the United States.
		In 2005 Canada became the fourth country to recognize same-sex marriages; the milestone victory solidified Canada's position as a leader in the struggle for glbtq equality.
		Census 2000 revealed that there were 594,391 gay male and lesbian couples in the United States, living in 99.3 percent of all U.S. counties; nearly a quarter of these couples are raising children, and these families live in 96 percent of U.S. counties.
	www.glbtq.com /social-sciences/same_sex_marriage,4.html (1226 words)

	CNN.com - Same-sex marriage laws across the United States - May 16, 2000
		This law forbids couples from receiving federal marriage benefits and allows states to ignore same-sex marriages that may be sanctioned by other states.
		Five years later, 33 states have adopted laws that specifically prohibit same-sex marriages, limiting such unions to couples of the opposite sex.
		In April 2000 the Vermont legislature passed the first law in the United States that would allow same-sex couples to enter into a legally recognized union.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/LAW/05/25/same.sex.marriages (380 words)

	Oregon county bans all marriages - Same-Sex Marriage - MSNBC.com
		Multnomah County, the state’s most populous, is the only jurisdiction in the United States that continues to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
		Victoria Dunlap, the clerk for the county to the southwest of Santa Fe, issued 66 marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples on Feb. 20 before the state’s attorney general issued a statement declaring the marriages invalid.
		State Attorney General Hardy Myers said in a statement that he was “very pleased” with Benton County’s decision.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4593583 (602 words)

	Same Sex Marriage in the United States – Book Review
		Though the author of this book believes in the importance of same-sex marriage, this is not an advocacy book, but rather a dispassionate overview of the political emergence of the issue in the United States.
		Interestingly, an increasing number of states have passed laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity at the same time as this battle over same-sex marriage is taking place, which only emphasises the schizophrenic nature of American politics on this issue.
		Gay marriage, however, is only the newest issue to receive public attention since the forces opposing same-sex marriages are those also involved in the anti-abortion movement, the abstinence-in-education programme, the anti-evolution movement, anti-pornography and anti-homosexual-rights movement, and dozens of other similar movements.
	www.galha.org /glh/243/cahill.html (881 words)

	SAME-SEX MARRIAGE GOES GLOBAL [Free Republic]
		The Marriage Law Project, one of ADF’s allied legal groups, is developing legal counter strategies against the drive to legitimize same-sex "marriage." Marriage Law Project director David Orgon Coolidge monitored the conference with his colleague Dwight Duncan, from the Southern New England School of Law.
		If same-sex "marriage" is legalized first in the Netherlands or some other European country, homosexual activists intend to go to the European Court of Justice to demand recognition of those "marriages" across Europe.
		Same as gun-carry laws were designed to prevent ex-slaves from aquiring weapons; poll-taxes and literacy tests were used to prevent blacks from voting.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3817e8043de3.htm (2833 words)

	Same-sex marriage
		Opponents object to same-sex marriage often on religious grounds, arguing that extending marriage to homosexual couples undercuts the traditional meaning of marriage in various traditions.
		Recently, the term "same-sex marriage" has been displacing "gay marriage", the term being perceived as less value-laden for the union of two partners of the same sex.
		In countries with monogamous marriages only, some opponents also claim that allowing same-sex marriage will re-open the door to the legalization of polyamorous marriage, or other forms they find even more objectionable.
	www.fastload.org /sa/Same-sex_marriage.html (578 words)

	Anti Essays : Free Essays on Constitutionality of Same Sex Marriage Essay
		Just as the Supreme Court compelled states to allow interracial marriage by recognizing the claimed right as part of the fundamental constitutional right to marry, of privacy and of intimate association so should states be compelled now to recognize the fundamental right of homosexuals to do the same.
		The most significant prospects for legalizing same-sex marriage in the near future are in Hawaii, where advocates of same-sex marriage have won a major judicial victory that could lead to the judicial legalization of same-sex marriage or to legislation authorizing same-sex domestic partnership in that state.
		The Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act proclaim that "All marriages contracted....outside this State that were valid at the time of the contract or subsequently validated by the laws of the place in which they were contracted...are valid in this State".
	www.antiessays.com /essay.php?eid=1908 (2681 words)

	New Statesman: Marriages that really are for ever - same-sex marriage - Statistical Data Included
		Following the introduction of gay marriage, the rate of heterosexual marriage rose by 10 per cent and the rate of heterosexual divorce fell by 12 per cent.
		The idea that marriage is a "naturally" heterosexual institution is true only if we concentrate on a very narrow geographical and historical frame.
		The opponents of gay marriage insist that gay people are more promiscuous and will make a further mockery of the ideal of marriage as a lifelong monogamous commitment.
	findarticles.com /cf_dls/m0FQP/4554_130/79663588/p1/article.jhtml (2681 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Californian Law Can Ban Same-Sex Marriage
		By taking the position that any change in marriage eligibility criteria must come from the Legislature, however, Lockyer essentially advanced the same legal strategy that Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly, a fellow Democrat, unsuccessfully used to prevent gay couples from being able to wed in his state.
		The plaintiffs are relying heavily on the same arguments that persuaded MassachusettsÃ¢ÂÂ highest court to legalise gay marriage there this year Ã¢ÂÂ“ namely, that laws limiting marriage to a union between a man and a woman discriminate against gays, violating their civil rights and several constitutional guarantees.
		Both supporters and opponents of gay marriage were eager to see how Lockyer, a Democrat who has expressed interest in running for governor in 2006, planned to navigate the politically volatile question.
	news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=3603145 (2681 words)

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		Her appointment was recommended by the Secretary of the Interior, the United States Commissioner of Education, and Prof.
		He is said to have frequently declared that if she had been of the other sex she would have made the greatest jurist in the land.
		Valette was sentenced to be hanged, and was executed on the same day as Castanet.
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	UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group 2003
		The original Stonewall Immigration Group was set up in 1993 at a time when there was no provision in the UK immigration rules to allow a foreign person to live in the UK with their same sex partner.
		We are a voluntary organisation providing information and advice on immigration rights for same sex couples and asylum seekers.
		There was also no provision allowing persons to claim asylum on the grounds that they feared being persecuted because they were lesbian or gay.
	www.stonewall-immigration.org.uk (2681 words)

	Guardian Unlimited World Latest Ga., Ky. Vote to Ban Same-Sex Marriage
		Voters in Georgia and Kentucky approved constitutional amendments Tuesday to ban same-sex marriage, with similar results expected in most of the nine other states considering such measures.
		Supporters of the amendments contend the measures are needed as an extra guard against state court rulings like the one in Massachusetts a year ago that legalized same-sex marriage there.
		Louisiana's amendment was later struck down in state court on the ground that it improperly dealt with more than one subject by banning not only same-sex marriage but also any legal recognition of common-law relationships, domestic partnerships and civil unions.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uslatest/story/0,1282,-4591717,00.html (2681 words)

	Pro-Marriage Group Attends European Conference on Same-Sex Unions -- 07/02/1999
		Coolidge told CNSNews.com that the professors who signed "To Reaffirm Marriage" wanted to make it clear to the world that the legal community is far from being united behind same-sex marriage.
		(CNS) - Representatives of a Washington, D.C., group that seeks to defend the traditional definition of marriage are attending a legal conference on same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom - after shaking up attendees by releasing a declaration of legal scholars affirming their support for marriage between one man and one woman.
		Coolidge said that "To Reaffirm Marriage" holds that, in contrast to same-sex marriage supporters who hold that equal rights and justice for all can never be achieved until same-sex marriage is legalized, weakening the concept of traditional marriage would weaken civilization itself - threatening justice and the rule of law for all.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\CUL19990702b.html (2681 words)

	Honouring same-sex ‘marriage’?
		The Federal Cabinet made the decision not to appeal superior court decisions made at the provincial level that say that excluding same-sex marriages violates equality rights.
		Â Legislation to legally recognize same-sex ‘marriages’ is expected to be ready very soon.Â If the federal legislation passes, Canada would join Belgium and the Netherlands as the only countries to allow such unions.
		Only after marriage’s origin has been clarified, can marriage be rightly defined and the current challenge understood.
	www.answersingenesis.org /docs2003/0722marriage.asp (2681 words)

	The History of Jim Crow
		For example, over 35 million blacks live in the United States.
		The United Kingdom Emancipation Act took force on August 1, 1834, thereby ending slavery in the Bahamas.
		These units were loaned to the French principally because U. Army officials did not wish to send white soldiers.
	www.jimcrowhistory.org /scripts/jimcrow/glossary.cgi (2681 words)

	GayLawNet - GayLawNews by Subject - Partners / Marriage - June 2003
		UNITED KINGDOM - A revolutionary Bill giving gay and lesbian partners the same legal rights as married couples will be included in the Queen's Speech with the personal agreement of Tony Blair, reports The Independent.
		UNITED KINGDOM, Birmingham - Homosexuals are to be barred from holding their new gay wedding ceremonies at the city's Register Office, it emerged today, reports ICBirmingham.
		The Bill has the widest definition of relationship of any Australian law, is the first Australian law to establish a registry for non-traditional relationships, recognises as legal mothers the partners of women who conceive through artificial reproductive technology and allows same sex couples to adopt children they already care for.
	www.gaylawnet.com /news/2003/pa0306.htm (2681 words)

	Same Sex Marriage: A Selective Bibliography
		Opinion states that same-sex marriages are not authorized under New York law, but that this interpretation of the statute raises constitutional questions that will need to be resolved by the courts; and that New York presumptively will recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
		Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.
		The bill, introduced May 27, 2004, would define marriage as "the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life," and would prevent same sex couples from adopting children from abroad under treaty arrangements.
	law-library.rutgers.edu /SSM.html (2681 words)

	Chapter Four
		Nevertheless, the argument that marriage should be reserved to heterosexual couples cannot be sustained in a context where the state's objectives underlying contemporary state regulation of marriage are essentially contractual ones, relating to the facilitation of private ordering.
		Marriage did have legal consequences: it was indirectly significant when the law "had to deal with problems involving membership of the `houses' of which the body politic was composed, with succession on death, or with allocation of responsibility for civil wrongs".
		Marriage [is like] …an archaeological site on which the present is constantly building over the past, letting history's many layers twist and tilt into today's walls and floors…many people believe theirs is the one true claim to this holy ground.
	www.lcc.gc.ca /en/themes/pr/cpra/chap4.asp (2681 words)

	Sign the Not To Same-Sex Marriage Petition
		The Not To Same-Sex Marriage Petition to United States Government was created by and written by Mark Small.
		I have read the Not To Same-Sex Marriage Petition to United States Government, and I hereby sign the petition:
		Please note: All information you provide on this petition signing form will be public on the petition signatures page, except your email address, for which privacy is set here:
	www.petitiononline.com /notogays/petition-sign.html (185 words)

	United States: Homer Simpson's same-sex marriage shocker
		The 20 February episode of the Fox TV hit show, entitled There’s Something About Marrying, Homer Simpson purchases a licence to perform same-sex marriages at $200 a go prompting his sister-in-law Patty to confess her lesbian love for professional golfer Veronica.
		The show was preceded by a warning advising that ‘This episode contains discussions of same-sex marriage – Parental discretion is advised’.
		Parents Televison Council president L Brent Bozell complained afterwards: ‘At a time when the public mood is overwhelmingly against gay marriage, any show that promotes gay marriage is deliberately bucking the public mood.’
	www.indexonline.org /en/indexindex/articles/2005/1/united-states-the-simpsons-satire-on-america.shtml (287 words)

	Film documents same-sex marriage - (United Press International)
		Filmmaker Geoff Callan, who had unprecedented access to document the first legal same-sex marriage in the United States, had been invited to film at city hall by his brother-in-law, Mayor Gavin Newsom, reported the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday.
		The film, which offers a behind-the-scenes view of what happened in San Francisco's city hall between Feb. 12, 2004, -- the first day marriage licenses were issued to gay couples -- and March 14, 2005, when a San Francisco Superior Court judge declared California's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
		Film documents same-sex marriage - (United Press International)
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20050424-114026-2293r.htm (200 words)

	Niall Kennedy's Weblog: First same-sex marriage in the United States
		Niall Kennedy's Weblog: First same-sex marriage in the United States
		Today Del Martin, 83, and Phyllis Lyon, 79, took their wedding vows in San Francisco's city hall, becoming the first same sex couple to be officially married in the United States.
		Today Del Martin, 83, and Phyllis Lyon, 79, took their wedding vows in San Francisco's city hall, becoming the first same sex couple to be officially married in the United States.
	www.niallkennedy.com /blog/archives/2004/02/first_samesex_marriage_in_the_united_states.html (112 words)

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