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The Tennessee Marriage Protection Amendment, also known as Tennessee Amendment 1 of 2006, is a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex unions. The referendum was approved by 81% of voters. It specified that only a marriage between a man and a woman could be legally recognized in the state of Tennessee.
Tennessee: Tennessee becomes the first state in the United States to explicitly outlaw wife beating. [15] [16] 1852. New Jersey: Married women are granted separate economy. [11] Indiana: Married women are given the right to own (but not control) property in their own name. [4]
United States, Tennessee: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [13] Ireland: Contraception in Ireland was made illegal in 1835 under the 1835 Criminal Law (Amendment) Act. [20] Greece: The modern Greek state and its penal system were created in the 1830s based on Bavarian laws.
Tennessee House Bill 878 is a proposed state law in the U.S. state of Tennessee, granting an individual the right to refuse to solemnize a marriage if the individual has a religious or conscience-based objection to that partnership. [1] The law was passed in 2024 and signed into law by Governor Bill Lee. [2]
Lucy Elizabeth Johnson Forby [a] (March ~1846 – October 3, 1905) was an "estimable colored woman" of the United States. [1]Lizzie Forby was a mixed-race Tennessean who was enslaved from birth until approximately age 17 by Andrew Johnson, later the 17th president of the United States.
Initiated in Mt. Moriah Lodge #18; Holy Royal Arch Degrees Pythagoras Chapter #23; Grand High Priest (Holy Royal Arch) in 1873; Grand Master of Tennessee in 1883; Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction 1900–1914. [1]: 279 John K. Shields - U.S. Senator (1913-1925). Member of Rising Star Lodge #44.
According to William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, an authoritative commentary on the English common law on which the American legal system is modeled, "By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage", [38] referring to the ...
John Clum (center) with Indians Diablo and Eskiminzin on the San Carlos Agency in 1875. John Clum was born on a farm near Claverack, New York, US.His parents were William Henry and Elizabeth van Deusen Clum of Dutch and German descent; he had five brothers and three sisters: Henry W. Clum, Jane E. Clum, Cornelia Clum, Sarah E. Clum, George A. Clum, Robert A. Clum, Cornelius N. Clum, and Alfred ...