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2. Respect for Marriage Act - Wikipedia

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   The bill's sponsors decided not to reintroduce the Respect for Marriage Act in 2013 until the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in United States v. Windsor. [50] They reintroduced it on June 26, the same day the Court ruled in that case that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. [51]

3. Law to protect same-sex marriage and religious freedom ... - AOL

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   A handful of amendments were voted on before the Senate held its final vote Tuesday, but none passed. ... in the law to recognize same-sex marriage and who argue that the bill will be used to ...

4. Kevin McCarthy thinks Respect for Marriage Act is a ‘game ...

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   The decision, Obergefell vs. Hodges, said the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution required states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples or recognize such unions when performed ...

5. What the marriage bill means for thousands of same-sex NC ...

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   My NC family is grateful to Senators Tillis and Burr for protecting same-sex marriage. | Letters to the editor

6. Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States

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   Under the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal government was prohibited from recognizing same-sex couples who were lawfully married under the laws of their state. The conflict between this definition and the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution led the U.S. Supreme Court to rule DOMA unconstitutional on ...

7. Defense of Marriage Act - Wikipedia

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   The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was a United States federal law passed by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996. It banned federal recognition of same-sex marriage by limiting the definition of marriage to the union of one man and one woman, and it further allowed states to ...

8. 10 years later, Hawaii's marriage equality law has ... - AOL

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   Dec. 1—In 1998, 69 % of Hawaii residents supported a constitutional amendment that marriage should be reserved only for opposite-sex genders. Today same-sex marriages have about 70 % support ...

9. Federal Marriage Amendment - Wikipedia

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   Although individual U.S. states have the primary regulatory power with regard to marriage, the United States Congress has occasionally regulated marriage. The 1862 Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act, which made bigamy a punishable federal offense in U.S. territories, was followed by a series of federal laws designed to end the practice of polygamy.