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Delaware civil unions provided the "rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities" of marriage under a different name. [7] Approximately 565 civil union licenses were issued in 2012, with 250 of these being issued in Sussex County, 235 in New Castle County, and 80 in Kent County. [8]
Delaware legalized same-sex marriage on July 1, 2013. State law bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, and the state has legally banned the practice of conversion therapy on minors since July 2018. Delaware is frequently referred to as one of the United States' most LGBTQ-friendly states. [2] A majority of ...
In 1791, with the expansion of Sussex County to the south and west, the county seat was moved to Georgetown. [6] The county seat of St. Jones (renamed Kent County in 1681 [6]) is at Dover. [6] After 2000, a fourth "Appoquinimink County" was proposed to be carved out of New Castle County. The effort intended to end the zoning restrictions of the ...
First African American male (Delaware Superior Court): Joshua W. Martin III in 1982 [10] [11] [12] First African American male (chief judge): Alex J. Smalls in 1997 [ 3 ] First Native American male: Kenneth S. Clark, Jr. in 2000 (upon his appointment to the Court of Common Pleas ) [ 3 ]
Jul. 25—One of the Clark County Fair's biggest annual events is the Golden Wedding party, which honors those who have been married for at least 50 years. At Tuesday's event, several couples ...
September 4: The county clerk's office in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after a New Mexico district court rejects the clerk's arguments against doing so. [262] September 12: A Pennsylvania state judge orders Montgomery County to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [263]
Delaware’s vanity license plate program is unconstitutional because it allows officials to discriminate against certain viewpoints when deciding whether to approve applications, a federal judge ...
Hodges, the Supreme Court was asked to determine the constitutionality of state bans on same-sex marriage licenses as well as state bans on recognition of same-sex marriages from other states. On June 26, 2015, the court ruled by a 5–4 vote that the Fourteenth Amendment obliges states to license same-sex marriages and to recognize same-sex ...