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Employer. The Dispatch. Political party. Republican (before 2008) [1] Children. 4 (including triplets) [2] Kevin Daniel Williamson (born September 18, 1972) is an American political commentator. He is the national correspondent for The Dispatch. [3] Previously, he was the roving correspondent for National Review.
Timeline of LGBT history in the United States. The Stonewall Inn in the gay village of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, site of the June 28, 1969 Stonewall riots, the cradle of the modern LGBT rights movement. [1] [2] [3] This is a timeline of notable events in the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in the United States .
March 3: Washington, D.C.'s statute authorizing same-sex marriages takes effect. [155] April 1: The 2010 United States census becomes the first to track same-sex-led households, both married and unmarried. [156] July 8: Judge Joseph Tauro of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts holds in two related cases ( Gill v.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Tennessee since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015. Governor Bill Haslam quickly announced that the state would abide by the court's decision, and same-sex couples began to marry in Tennessee.
LGBT portal. v. t. e. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Vermont since September 1, 2009. Vermont was the first U.S. state to introduce civil unions on July 1, 2000, and the first to introduce same-sex marriage by enacting a statute without being required to do so by a court decision. [1] Vermont was the fourth state to legalize same-sex ...
This article contains a timeline of significant events regarding same-sex marriage and legal recognition of same-sex couples worldwide. It begins with the history of same-sex unions during ancient times, which consisted of unions ranging from informal and temporary relationships to highly ritualized unions, and continues to modern-day state-recognized same-sex marriage.
t. e. Same-sex unions in the United States are available in various forms in all states and territories, except American Samoa. All states have legal same-sex marriage, while others have the options of civil unions, domestic partnerships, or reciprocal beneficiary relationships. The federal government only recognizes marriage and no other legal ...
Same-sex marriage has been legalized in the District of Columbia and 21 Native American tribal nations as well. The June 2013 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Windsor striking down the law barring federal recognition of same-sex marriage gave significant impetus to the progress of lawsuits that challenged state bans on ...