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The last counties in Mississippi to refuse to issue marriage licenses, DeSoto, Jasper, Jones, Newton, Pontotoc, Simpson and Yalobusha counties, began issuing licenses on July 2, 2015. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first same-sex couple to marry in Mississippi were Amber Hamilton and Annice Smith in Hattiesburg on June 26, just hours before Attorney General ...
Amendment 1 of 2004 is an amendment to the Mississippi Constitution that prohibited same-sex marriages from being conducted or recognized in Mississippi.The Amendment passed a public referendum on November 2, 2004, with 86% of voters supporting and 14% opposing.
The general marriage age (lacking authorization for an exception) is 18 years of age in all states except Nebraska, where the general marriage age is 19, and Mississippi, where the general marriage age is 21. [1] The general marriage age is commonly the age of majority, though in Alabama the general marriage age is 18 while the age of majority ...
Additionally, the state has passed various religious freedom laws designed to protect religious beliefs, though these laws have been criticized for "giving religious people a license to discriminate" against LGBTQ people and have provoked both domestic and international backlash. Mississippi was the last state to allow same-sex couples to adopt ...
Marriage in the United States is a legal, social, and religious institution. The marriage age is set by each state and territory, either by statute or the common law applies. . An individual may marry without parental consent or other authorization on reaching 18 years of age in all states except in Nebraska (where the general marriage age is 19) and Mississippi (where the general marriage age ...
The Ottawa County Probate Court recorded the following marriage license applications from Feb. 25 to March 31: David Christopher Gast, 28, environmental health, and Elizabeth Mary Bush, 28, retail ...
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Chapter 2. The marriage relationship - Section 2.001. Marriage license. (a) A man and a woman desiring to enter into a ceremonial marriage must obtain a marriage license from the county clerk of any county of this state. (b) A license may not be issued for the marriage of persons of the same sex. Chapter 6.