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City of Harrisburg: Both opposite- and same-sex couples may register as "Life Partners" with the City of Harrisburg's Life Partnership Registry. [66] Luzerne County: Same-sex couples only. [67] City and County of Philadelphia: Residents of the city or at least one partner employed by the city.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v.Texas (2003) held laws criminalizing consensual homosexual activity between adults unconstitutional. [1]In State v.Whiteley (2005), the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the crime against nature statute, N.C. G.S. § 14-177, [2] is not unconstitutional on its face because it may properly be used to criminalize sexual conduct involving minors ...
Boone, NC 28607-3525 Wayne County Courthouse Wayne County: 224 Walnut St, Room 230 Goldsboro, NC 27530 Wilkes County Courthouse: Wilkes County: 500 Courthouse Dr Wilkesboro, NC 28697-2497 1903 Wilson County Courthouse: Wilson County: 115 E Nash St Wilson, NC 27894 1924–1925 Yadkin County Courthouse Yadkin County: 101 S State St Yadkinville ...
Ten years ago, a federal lawsuit in Buncombe County ended the ban on gay marriage in North Carolina. A new exhibit looks back at the historic day. 10 years of marriage equality in NC: Asheville ...
March 5–9: A clerk in Asbury Park, New Jersey, processes several marriage licenses for same-sex couples until warned by the state attorney general to stop. A deputy mayor officiates at the marriage of one couple on March 8. [ 84 ][ 85 ] March 3: Multnomah County, Oregon, issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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In 2012, North Carolina passed Amendment One, the last state constitutional amendment in the country to ban same-sex marriage. Tillis, at the time, was state House speaker.
The first legally-recognized same-sex marriage occurred in Minneapolis, [3] Minnesota, in 1971. [4] On June 26, 2015, in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court overturned Baker v. Nelson and ruled that marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed to all citizens, and thus legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.