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On May 8, 2012, North Carolina voters approved Amendment 1 by a vote of 61.04% to 38.96%. [13] The amendment added to Section XIV of the Constitution of North Carolina: Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.
North Carolina was the 30th state, and the last of the former Confederate states, to adopt a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The amendment added to Section XVI of the Constitution of North Carolina: [6] Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.
No marriage license shall be issued in the State of Alabama to parties of the same sex. Ref.1 (e) & Ref.2 (e) The State of Alabama shall not recognize as valid any marriage of parties of the same sex that occurred or was alleged to have occurred as a result of the law of any jurisdiction regardless of whether a marriage license was issued. Ref ...
Premarital blood testing requirements were also supported by the American eugenics movement, which regarded them as one measure to prevent reproduction of the unfit. [ 7 ] In 1937, five states passed premarital examination laws similar to that of Connecticut, with a further twelve states doing the same from 1938 to 1939. [ 7 ]
North Carolina Amendment 1 (often referred to as simply Amendment 1) is a partially overturned legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina that (until overruled in federal court) amended the Constitution of North Carolina to add ARTICLE XIV, Section 6, which prohibit the state from recognizing or performing same-sex ...
North Carolina: 18 16 16 North Carolina's marriage laws signed and implemented since August 2021, requires that - (1) 16 and 17 year olds to receive parental permission or a judge's approval and also (2) the age difference between the parties can not be four years or more difference. [71] North Dakota [49] 18 16 [46] 18
A marriage certificate is given to a couple who have married. Until the introduction of electronic registration of marriages in May 2021, copies were made in two registers: one was retained by the church or register office; the other, when the entire register is full, was sent to the superintendent registrar of the registration district.
The North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality (also known as NCRC4ME) was an interfaith same-sex marriage advocacy group composed of religious leaders in North Carolina. The group's headquarters were at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh which has hosted speeches with James A. Forbes of the Riverside Church in regards to ...