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  2. 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.

  3. Perez v. Sharp - Wikipedia

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    Perez v. Sharp, [1] also known as Perez v. Lippold or Perez v.Moroney, is a 1948 case decided by the Supreme Court of California in which the court held by a 4–3 majority that the state's ban on interracial marriage violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

  4. Department of State v. Muñoz - Wikipedia

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    The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the district court's ruling, on the grounds that Muñoz's right to marriage and family life was protected by the Due Process Clause and that this right was impaired by the denial of Asencio's visa request and failure of the government to provide a detailed reasoning for its decision within a reasonable ...

  5. Right to petition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It is not necessary to say that the two Clauses are identical in their mandate or their purpose and effect to acknowledge that the rights of speech and petition share substantial common ground. This Court has said that the right to speak and the right to petition are "cognate rights." Thomas v. Collins, 323 U. S. 516, 530 (1945); see also Wayte v.

  6. Void marriage - Wikipedia

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    A party to the marriage is forbidden to marry as a result of losing their civil rights, such as for conviction of a crime. The form of the marriage is forbidden by statute – such as same-sex marriage (in some jurisdictions) or group marriage. Attempts to espouse a Ford motorcar [5] or a "porn-filled Apple computer" [6] have been dismissed as ...

  7. Obergefell v. Hodges - Wikipedia

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    The Court rejected respondent states' framing of the issue as whether there were a "right to same-sex marriage," [b] insisting its precedents "inquired about the right to marry in its comprehensive sense, asking if there was a sufficient justification for excluding the relevant class from the right." [120] Addressing the formula in Washington v.

  8. Annulment - Wikipedia

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    The petition to void the marriage must be brought by one of the parties to the marriage, and a voidable marriage thus cannot be annulled after the death of one of the parties. A marriage may be voidable for a variety of reasons, depending on jurisdiction.

  9. Baker v. Nelson - Wikipedia

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    Richard John Baker v. Gerald R. Nelson, 291 Minn. 310, 191 N.W.2d 185 (1971), was a case in which the Minnesota Supreme Court decided that construing a marriage statute to restrict marriage licenses to persons of the opposite sex "does not offend" the U.S. Constitution. [2]