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1913 – The federal government formally recognizes marriage in law for the first time with the passage of the Revenue Act of 1913. 1929 – All states now have laws regarding marriage licenses. 1933 – Married women granted right to citizenship independent of their husbands.
James Michael McConnell [56] (born 1942) and Richard John "Jack" Baker (born 1942) [57] [58] became the first legally married same-sex couple in United States history. [59] Their marriage is also "the earliest same-gender marriage ever to be recorded in the public files of any civil government." [60] [61]
The following individuals applied for marriage licenses in January: Ashley Marie Fritter and Edward Joel Griffith. James Albert Nau and Arlene Nancy Hupp
A Marriage Certificate issued in the US in 1877. The marriage between Luisa de Abrego, a free black domestic servant from Seville and Miguel Rodríguez, a white Segovian conquistador in 1565 in St. Augustine (Spanish Florida), is the first known and recorded Christian marriage anywhere in what is now the continental United States.
These marriage license applications were recorded in Richland County between April 22 and April 26: Marcus Allen Fackler Flores of Mansfield, 22, server, to Kaitlyn Francis Rice of Mansfield, 19, host
These marriage license applications were recorded in Richland County between June 17 and 21: Charles Jones Robinson II of Mansfield, 51, caseworker, to Tamara Arlene Oyster of Mansfield, 46 ...
The first legally-recognized same-sex marriage occurred in Minneapolis, [3] Minnesota, in 1971. [4] On June 26, 2015, in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court overturned Baker v. Nelson and ruled that marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed to all citizens, and thus legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
This article contains a timeline of significant events regarding same-sex marriage and legal recognition of same-sex couples worldwide. It begins with the history of same-sex unions during ancient times, which consisted of unions ranging from informal and temporary relationships to highly ritualized unions, and continues to modern-day state-recognized same-sex marriage.