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Same-Sex Marriage in Texas

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This article addresses homosexual marriage in Texas.

Composed by TexasLawHelp.org • Last Updated on October 27, 2022

Here, learn about laws that apply to same-sex marriage, and how to get married in Texas.

Is gay marriage legal in Texas?

Yes. On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, legalizing same-sex marriage in every U.S. declare.

What is the process of getting married in Texas?

To receive married in Texas, you first must apply for a license at a county clerk's office, then typically wait at least 72 hours before creature married by a evaluate or authorized religious official. A ceremonial marriage requires a marriage license issued by the county clerk. You must complete a sworn application that establishes the facts required to show that you are legally eligible to penetrate into the marital connection. People younger than 18 years old need court orders (see Minors and Marriage). You cannot be currently married. You cannot marry a person with a blood relationship of first cousin or

Delaware’s First Same-Sex Marriage License

The marriage license issued to then-state Senator Karen Peterson and her partner Victoria "Vikki" Bandy was Delaware's first queer marriage certificate.
July 1, 2013, Wilmington, DE

In 2013, Delaware became the eleventh state to legalize lgbtq+ marriage. Then-state Senator Karen Peterson, who came out as a lesbian in an effort to sway her fellow lawmakers to support the marriage equality bill, and her longtime partner, Victoria “Vikki“ Bandy, became the first lgbtq+ couple to be legally wed in Delaware.

Delaware’s legal acceptance of and protections for LGBTQ+ residents has been ongoing since the late 1960s, but it wasn’t until the delayed 1990s that lawmakers in Legislative Hall would commence passing laws protecting gay Delawareans.

By 2009, more than a decade after lobbying efforts first began to establish a sexual orientation non-discrimination law, Senate Bill 121 finally granted that right. Those efforts also paved the way for community leaders to establish a statewide advocacy company for equal protections f

Historic, first-in-the-nation move is heralded as major breakthrough for fairness and equality

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SAN FRANCISCO--The City and County of San Francisco today became the first government in the Merged States to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. City officials followed a directive set in motion by Mayor Gavin Newsom. Advocates heralded the shift as the most significant moment in the brawl for equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.

""For many Americans, their wedding day is one of the happiest days of their life,"" said Geoffrey Kors, executive director for Equality California, the state's leading gay rights support group. ""For these San Francisco couples, it is no different with one exception. Yesterday, they couldn't get married. Today, they can. To suggest that these couples are experiencing a profound sense of happiness is an understatement.""

Dorothy Ehrlich, executive director of the ACLU of Northern California, added: "Just as we told the express in 1974 when they passed a statute limiting marriage to a dude and a woman, that kind of discrimination against same-sex couples violates the California constitution's promise of equal

Same-sex couple reflects on 20 years of marriage equality in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- On February 12, 2004, then Mayor Gavin Newsom defied the federal same-sex marriage exclude and allowed same-sex couples the right to partner in San Francisco. The fight didn't end there and one of the couples who took part in that historic morning reflects on the past 20 years.

That day became a moment in moment John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney never thought would come.

"It was the most urgent wedding proposal you ever heard! It was John screaming into the phone, 'It's history! We can get married, earn to City Hall now, now, now!" smiled Stuart, sitting beside his significant other of 37 years.

John was attending a Freedom to Marry Day rally when the news broke. Then Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the city to launch issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in what became known as "The Winter of Love."

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"At that moment as we got married, 17 years together then it was the first time in our lives we felt like matching human beings in the eyes of the law," said John, while h