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Status: Passed. Some background: In 2006, Colorado voters approved an amendment to the state Constitution, which states that only a union between one man and one woman is recognized by the state.
In March 2021, Texas courts have fully recognized that LGBT individuals have employment protections, based on the 2020 Bostock v. Clayton County Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) legal precedent. [101] In 2022, Texas became a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit to overturn some LGBT protections on Constitutional grounds. [102]
[36] [37] [38] After Alabama passed legislation requiring that all counties record marriage certificates in 2019, Irion County was the only remaining county in the United States that would not allow same-sex couples to marry. Following elections in 2020, Irion County had a new county clerk and now issues marriage licenses to all couples. [39]
The court further rules that district courts in Texas do not have subject-matter jurisdiction to hear a same-sex divorce case. [161] November 2: In judicial retention elections, Iowa voters remove three Iowa Supreme Court justices who joined the ruling that invalidated the state's ban on same-sex marriage in 2009. [162]
The Constitution of Cuba prohibited same-sex marriage until 2019, and in May 2019 the government announced plans to legalize same-sex marriage. [53] A draft family code containing provisions allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt was approved by the National Assembly of People's Power on 21 December 2021. [54]
Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency — which oversees Texas K-12 schools — and another to universities in May ordering them to “ignore” the “illegal” new rules ...
Dr Jess Carbino, a sociologist who has worked with dating app giants like Tinder and Bumble, notes that people’s profiles underwent a political makeover around the 2016 election.
The 2021 Texas's 6th congressional district special election was caused by the death of incumbent Republican Ron Wright on February 7. A nonpartisan blanket primary was held on May 5. No candidate won over 50% of the vote, leading to a run-off between Jake Ellzey , a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 10th district , and ...