Same-Sex Unions
in the
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If there is one thing that the people are entitled to expect from their lawmakers, it is rules of law that will enable individuals to tell whether they are married and, if so, to whom.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson (1948)

 
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Bishop v. Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA
(FEDERAL)

2006

Marriage Recognition

 
 


Bishop v. Oklahoma

 

Interpreted Oklahoma statute, which denies recognition to same-sex marriages celebrated in other “states,” as not applying to marriages celebrated in Canada.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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