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In 2003, Baker and McConnell amended their individual tax returns for the year 2000, filing jointly as a couple, offering proof of a valid marriage license from Blue Earth County. The IRS challenged the validity of the marriage and argued that, even if the license were valid, the Defense of Marriage Act prohibited the IRS from recognizing it.
Jack Baker and Michael McConnell at home, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its president, activist, and law student Jack Baker, requested a marriage license with his partner Michael McConnell in May 1970 in Hennepin County, and after being rejected by the county clerk, filed a lawsuit, Baker v. Nelson, in state court.
Nelson that the refusal by the clerk in Hennepin County to issue a marriage license to Jack Baker and Michael McConnell in 1970 did not violate the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court accepts their appeal but dismisses the action in 1972. [22] [23] Neither decision invalidates the license issued in Blue Earth County. [24]
Baker v. Nelson was the first case in the history of the United States in which a same-sex couple sued for marriage rights. In late 1971, the Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision to prohibit marriages between same-sex partners, noting that its interpretation of state law did not violate the Constitution of the United States.
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May 14—LIMA — The following couples have filed applications for marriage licenses in Allen County Probate Court: Jordan Vanbuskirk and Shayla Sturgeon, both of Lima; Hikeem Mayers and Rachel ...
The Supreme Court's ruling "promotes supremacy at the expense of equality," said the couple behind the Masterpiece Cakeshop case.
4 June – Members of the Gay Activists Alliance demand marriage rights for same-sex couples at New York City's Marriage License Bureau. [77] [78] Jack Baker and Michael McConnell re-apply and are granted a marriage licence in Blue Earth County, Minnesota after discovering the county has no laws prohibiting same sex marriage. Therefore, on 3 ...