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Under court order, Massachusetts began to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.(The Week)(Brief Article)
* Under court order, Massachusetts began to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The first couple to be married in Provincetown says theirs is an open marriage. One of the partners, Jonathan Yarbrough, a bisexual, told the Boston Herald that a lifetime commitment is "overrated" and that it is "possible to love more than one person and have more than one partner--not in the polygamist sense." No doubt many of the same-sex couples getting married intend to stay together, and faithful, for life. But there is a certain kind of sense to Yarbrough's view. At the root of the older conception of marriage, now rejected by the Massachusetts courts as outmoded, was the biological joining together of two ...
- Same-sex couples denied marriage licenses in San Francisco file suit.
- Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) March 12, 2004 700+ words
...hours after same-sex marriage licenses in San Francisco came to...authorizing same-sex marriage licenses. It had performed 4...there would be no more marriage licenses, Rizzo said. "Most traumatic...throngs of jubilant same-sex couples, said Minna Tao, the...
- Same-sex couples denied marriage licenses in San Francisco file suit.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Myers, Randy March 12, 2004 700+ words
...hours after same-sex marriage licenses in San Francisco came to...authorizing same-sex marriage licenses. It had performed 4...there would be no more marriage licenses, Rizzo said. "Most traumatic...throngs of jubilant same-sex couples, said Minna Tao, the...
- Same-sex couples try to get marriage licenses.
- Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) February 15, 2007 700+ words
...the Tulsa County Courthouse as three same-sex couples applied for marriage licenses. The demonstration, timed for Valentine...raise awareness for marriage equality for same-sex couples in Oklahoma. "This is just a nonviolent...
- Same-sex couples wait to put marriage licenses to the test.(Courts)
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) April 22, 2004 700+ words
...t be the same for same-sex couples as those for traditional...couples already united with marriage licenses issued by Multnomah County...Oregon's married same-sex couples can expect to get some of...for sure." Before same-sex couples need to worry about how their...
- Same-Sex Couples Fail to Obtain Marriage Licenses in Knox County, Tenn.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 3, 2004 700+ words
...women who were denied marriage licenses. Knox County Clerk...requests from the same-sex couples. "I took an oath...Tennessee by same-sex couples to get a marriage...being turned down for marriage licenses in the state. Before...
- City of West Hollywood in Conjunction With the Los Angeles County...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 17, 2008 700+ words
...begin to issue marriage licenses and perform civil...ceremonies for same-sex couples on Tuesday...granted same-sex couples in California...of same-sex marriage licenses at 8:30 a...2008 same-sex couples can apply for...Click on "Marriage ...
- N.J. town to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) March 10, 2004 700+ words
...decided to stop issuing marriage licenses and performing weddings for same-sex couples until it gets the blessing...of issuing invalid marriage licenses and marrying people...the desire of same-sex couples to marry, and we respect...
- N.J. town to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Gambardello, Joseph A. Urgo, Jacqueline L. March 10, 2004 700+ words
...decided to stop issuing marriage licenses and performing weddings for same-sex couples until it gets the blessing...of issuing invalid marriage licenses and marrying people...the desire of same-sex couples to marry, and we respect...