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Same-sex marriages performed in Massachusetts are recognized in the District of Columbia and five states that grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples: Connecticut, Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, and, New York.

Some states recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, even though they do not grant such licenses themselves, including Maryland and Rhode Island.

Other issues are in litigation and results vary from state to state.

For example, after a long court fight a lesbian couple who wed in Massachusetts succeeded in January 2011 in obtaining a divorce in Texas, a state that does not recognize same-sex marriage, but their case did not set a precedent for other same-sex couples in Texas.

Similarly situated couples have been denied divorce in Pennsylvania and Nebraska.