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On February 26, a U.S. District Court struck down Texas's ban on same-sex marriage and stayed the ruling pending appeal. March 2014 - On March 4, several Illinois counties began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couple after an opinion issued by the state attorney general. This was ahead of a law scheduled to take effect statewide on June 1.
August 27: The county clerk's office in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after being ordered to do so by a state judge on August 26. [257] August 27: The county clerks of San Miguel, Valencia, and Taos counties, New Mexico, announce they will begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples ...
A week after the rulings went into effect, the majority of counties began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [187] [188] On March 3, 2015, the Alabama Supreme Court ordered all counties in the state to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [189]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana officials began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday, days after a historic Supreme Court ruling paved the way for gay marriages across the country.
Marriage in the United States is a legal, social, and religious institution. The marriage age is set by each state and territory, either by statute or the common law applies. . An individual may marry without parental consent or other authorization on reaching 18 years of age in all states except in Nebraska (where the general marriage age is 19) and Mississippi (where the general marriage age ...
A deputy clerk who did not object to issuing the licenses ultimately did so. Kentucky lawmakers later changed the rules to remove county clerks’ names from marriage licenses.
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.
Marriage License is an oil painting on canvas measuring 45.5 by 42.5 inches (116 cm × 108 cm). [1] It is set in a dark city hall office filled with bookshelves. [2] The floor is strewn with used cigarettes and a brass spittoon. [3] [4] In the middle of the painting stand a young couple in front of a rolltop desk filling out their application ...