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* Same-sex marriage in the United States: Staff advisors for U. S. President George W. Bush say he will support the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment to the U. S. Constitution which would outlaw same-sex marriage and federalize marriage law, which has been set by individual states since the founding of the country.
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The " March of Hearts " rally for Same-sex marriage in Canada | same-sex marriage equality under the Charter in 2004.
Same-sex marriage is currently legal in the District of Columbia and in six U. S. states: New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Iowa and Connecticut.
Same-sex marriage ( Dutch: Huwelijk tussen personen van gelijk geslacht or commonly homohuwelijk ) has been legal in the Netherlands since 1 April 2001.
Same-sex marriage was legally recognized in the provinces and territories as of the following dates:
Same-sex marriage was originally legalized as a result of court cases in which provincial or territorial justices ruled existing bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
Same-sex marriage has been legalized through court rulings and legislative action, but not via popular vote.
Same-sex marriage is recognized only at the state level, as the federal Defense of Marriage Act explicitly bars federal recognition of such marriages.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Massachusetts since May 17, 2004 ; in Connecticut since November 12, 2008 ; in Iowa since April 27, 2009 ; in Vermont since September 1, 2009 ; New Hampshire since January 1, 2010 ; and New York since July 24, 2011.
Same-sex marriage opponents in California placed a state constitutional amendment known as Proposition 8 on the November 2008 ballot for the purpose of restoring an opposite-sex definition of marriage.
Same-sex marriage was legalized in Iowa following the unanimous ruling of the Iowa Supreme Court in Varnum v. Brien on April 3, 2009.
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* Same-sex marriage in the United States: A majority of Americans ( two to one margin ) respond they do not want laws in their states that would legalize same-sex marriages.
* Same-sex marriage in the United States: Officials at the city and county of San Francisco, California, turn away hundreds of would-be same-sex newlyweds after thousands of gay and lesbian couples show up to marry over the weekend.
* Same-sex marriage in the United States: San Francisco Superior court Judge James L. Warner postpones any decision to block the city and county of San Francisco, California, from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to void the 2, 464 same-sex marriages that were performed in the city since February 12.
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