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Florida Amendment 2 is an amendment made to the constitution of the U.S. state of Florida in 2008. It added Article I, Section 27 to the constitution, which defines marriage as a union only between one man and one woman, and thus bans the creation of similar unions, such as civil unions or same-sex marriage.
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 ...
Lipsky, 63 N.E.2d 642 (Ill. 1945), the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, did not allow a married woman to stay registered to vote under her birth name, due to "the long-established custom, policy and rule of the common law among English-speaking peoples whereby a woman's name is changed by marriage and her husband's surname becomes ...
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House Democrats and a sizable group of Republicans voted Tuesday to pass legislation that would codify same-sex marriage into federal law and bolster other marriage protections.
Supporters of legislation to protect marriage equality couldn't convince enough Senate Republicans to pass the measure next week. Democrats Punt Same-Sex Marriage Vote Until After Midterm ...
On June 5, 2017, the Legislature of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, in a 13–0 vote. [65] Previously, Title 4 of the Ho-Chunk Nation Code (HCC), enacted on October 19, 2004, provided at section 10.3 that marriage is a civil contract requiring consent to create a legal status of husband and wife.
House lawmakers delayed a vote that was expected to be held Tuesday on the Respect for Marriage Act, the Senate-passed legislation protecting same-sex marriage. CBS News congressional ...