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2. Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States

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   According to the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), there are 1,138 statutory provisions [1] in which marital status is a factor in determining benefits, rights, and privileges. These rights were a key issue in the debate over federal recognition of same-sex marriage.

3. 2008 Florida Amendment 2 - Wikipedia

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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.

4. Same-sex marriage in tribal nations in the United States

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   Section 1.3.A.1 allows a license to be issued by the Tribal Court or the State of Montana and section 1.3.A.3 provides that a valid marriage exists if a woman and man publicly purport to be wife and husband. Section 2 prohibits marriages wherein one party is already married, within specified degrees of consanguinity, or if the marriage is ...

5. Same-sex marriage in Florida - Wikipedia

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   Several lawsuits for same-sex marriage rights were filed in federal and state courts in 2014 in the aftermath of the United States v. Windsor decision. Two courts ordered state officials to recognize a specific marriage established outside of Florida, a federal court in Brenner v. Scott, [14] and a state court in Estate of Bangor. [15]

6. U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions

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   Marriage consists only of the legal union between a man and a woman. No other domestic union, however denominated, may be recognized as a marriage or given the same or substantially equivalent legal effect. [48] Ohio: 2004: 62% [25] State Issue 1 [49] Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this state.

7. Same-sex unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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   While most domestic partnership schemes grant those partners limited, enumerated rights, the Oregon, Washington, and Nevada schemes provide substantially the same rights as marriage and are therefore, essentially, civil unions. In 2014, Oregon began offering marriage to same-sex couples too. Example of California domestic partnership certificate.