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Same-Sex Couple Applies for Marriage License
Two University of Minnesota students applied for a marriage license, where they were denied for both being men. -
Non-Church Sanctioned Gay Wedding Makes News
Two Washington men walked down the aisle side by side with intentions to make a holy union. They were publicly denied of this blessing. -
First Mass Same-Sex Wedding Ceremony
Nearly 7,000 people took part in this symbolic event. -
Clinton Signs Defense of Marriage Act
States that marriage is a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife. -
US Rabbis Approve Gay Partnership
Rabbi Charles Kroloff has agreed to sanction religious ceremonies for same-sex couples. -
First US State to Legalize Gay Marriage
The State Supreme Court of Massachusetts decides to legalize marriage between same-sex couples. -
First Legal Gay Marriage in the United States
America's first gay marriage fully authorized by law took place at the Cambridge City Hall. -
House Rejects Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage
The proposal to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman did not advance to a constitutional amendment. -
US District Judge Rules CA Proposition 8 Unconstitutional
The ban on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional due process and equal protection rights. -
Defense of Marriage Act Declared Unconstitutional
President Barack Obama directs the Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act.
