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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]
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.
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.
Florida, challenging Florida's statutory same-sex marriage ban enacted in 1977. The lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed after extensive discussions with LGBT rights legal experts who suggested that Baehr v. Miike, a same-sex marriage case from Hawaii, would be a better first test on this issue. [28]
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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.
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These marriage license applications were recorded in Richland County between July 1 and July 5: Jared Allen Metcalf of Shelby, 27, forklift operator, to June Katherine Aldrich of Shelby, 28 ...