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The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes were the first Native American tribe in Oklahoma to legalize same-sex marriage. In October 2013, Jason Pickel and Darren Black Bear were issued a marriage license at the tribal courthouse in Concho. While this was the first public same-sex marriage performed on the reservation, tribal officials confirmed that two ...
Oklahoma Question 711 [3] of 2004, was an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman, thus rendering recognition or performance of same-sex marriages or civil unions null within the state prior to its being ruled unconstitutional. The referendum was approved by 76 percent of the voters.
In April 2004, the Oklahoma Senate, by a vote of 38 to 7, and the Oklahoma House of Representatives, by a vote of 92 to 4, approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. On November 2, 2004, Oklahoma voters approved Oklahoma Question 711 , a constitutional amendment which banned same-sex marriage and any "legal incidents thereof be ...
The following individuals applied for marriage licenses in January: Ashley Marie Fritter and Edward Joel Griffith. James Albert Nau and Arlene Nancy Hupp. Anna Marie Whetzel and Stephen Ryan Frost.
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.
A bill filed by Sen. Dusty Deevers, R-Elgin, would modify grounds for divorce, making it more difficult to end a marriage in Oklahoma.Senate Bill 1958 would remove incompatibility as a permissible ...
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In most jurisdictions, a marriage certificate is issued by a government official only after the civil registration of the marriage. In some jurisdictions, especially in the United States, a marriage certificate is the official record that two people have undertaken a marriage ceremony. This includes jurisdictions where marriage licenses do not ...