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2. Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States

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   Under the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal government was prohibited from recognizing same-sex couples who were lawfully married under the laws of their state. The conflict between this definition and the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution led the U.S. Supreme Court to rule DOMA unconstitutional on ...

3. Child marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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   State-legislated age of consent laws and marriage age laws are inconsistent in relation to one another. In some states, it is possible for a minor to legally marry even if they are below the age of consent in that state. Between 2000 and 2018, nearly 300,000 minors were legally married in the United States.

4. Kentucky House Bill 528 - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] Signed by Governor Matt Bevin on April 26, 2018, [3] [4] it was the first such law for permanent child custody orders passed in the United States. [5] [6] A temporary order aided the law's passage of the shared parenting bill, House Bill 492, passed a year before. The law became a motivator for similar bills to be passed in other states ...

5. Marriage age in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Six states do not allow a person over 21 to marry an underage person. As of April 2024, four US states do not set any minimum age for marriage. [6] In many states, a minor's marriage automatically emancipates the minor, or increases their legal rights beyond allowing the minor to consent to certain medical treatments. [7]

6. Same-sex marriage in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   Same-sex marriage has been legal in Kentucky since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015. The decision, which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriages, was handed down on June 26, 2015, and Governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced almost immediately that the court's order would be implemented.

7. Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who opposed gay ... - AOL

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   Kentucky’s state legislature later enacted a law removing the names of all county clerks from state marriage licenses. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com Show comments