Legality of same sex marriages
Date Submitted: 01/04/2004 16:27:43
Category: / Law & Government / Civil Rights
Length: 10 pages (2692 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Civil Rights
Length: 10 pages (2692 words)
Legality of Same-Sex Marriages
The proposed legalization of same-sex marriage is one of the
most significant issues in contemporary American family law.
Presently, it is one of the most vigorously advocated reforms
discussed in law reviews, one of the most explosive political
questions facing lawmakers, and one of the most provocative issues
emerging before American courts. If same-sex marriage is legalized, it
could be one of the most revolutionary policy decisions in the history
of …
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…and in health, in Hawaii and where else?: Conflict of
laws and recognition of same-sex marriages," 109 Harv. L. Rev. 2038,
June 1996
Levendosky, Charles, Greensboro News and Record, "Congressional
Intrusion Into Marriage Just Gets DOMA and DOMA", May 20 1996
Baehr v.Miike, 910 P.2d 112 (Hawaii Jan 23, 1996)
Baehr v. Lewin, 852 P.2d 44, (Hawaii May 5, 1993)
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), enacted 1996
Article IV, sec.1 United States Constitution
Handbook on Uniform State Laws, United States Code, Uniform Marriage
and Divorce Act
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