Appendix 5: State Laws Relating to Marriage

• Author: Ally Windsor Howell
• Profession: Former practicing lawyer from Alabama
• Pages: 273-277

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State Laws Relating

to Marriage

APPENDIX 5

1. The Alabama’s ban on same sex marriages was declared unconstitutional on January

23, 2015. See: Searcy v. Strange, 2015 WL 328825 (S.D. Ala. 2015)

2. A C. Art. 1, § 25 and A S. § 25.05.011, et seq. were declared

unconstitutional by the U.S. District Court in Hamby v. Parnell, ___ F.Supp.3d ___, 2014 WL

5089399 (D. Alaska 2014)

3. The court in Majors v. Horne, 14 F.Supp.3d 1313 (D. Ariz. 2014) declared A. R.

S. § 25-101(c) and § 25-125 to be unconstitutional.

4. The Pulaski County, Arkansas Circuit Court in Case No. 60CV–13–2662 on May 9,

2014 entered an order that read in pertinent part as follows: “THIS COURT HEREBY FINDS

the Arkansas Constitutional and Legislative ban on same- sex marriage through Act 144 of

1997 and Amendment 83 is unconstitutional.” The case is on appeal to the Arkansas Supreme

Court. See: Smith v. Wright, Not Reported in S.W.3d, 2014 Ark. 222, 2014 WL 2021834 (2014)

5. C. C. art. 1, § 7.5 (Proposition 8 adopted 2008), declared unconstitutional by

Perry v. Schwarzenegger, 671 F.3d 1052 (9th Cir. 2012), aff’g 704 F. Supp. 2d 921 (N.D. Cal.

2010), reh. en banc den. 681 F.3d 1065 (9th Cir. 2012), cert. den., sub nom Hollingsworth v.

Perry, 133 S.Ct. 786, 184 L.Ed.2d 526 (2014); and C. F. C § 308.5, declared uncon-

stitutional by In re Marriage Cases, 43 Cal.4th 757, 183 P.3d 384, 76 Cal. Rptr. 3d 683 (2008).

C. F. C § 308(a) passed in 2009 declared that same-sex marriages legally entered

into on or before November 4, 2008, in other states or countries will be recognized as mar-

riages under California law. Same-sex marriages taking place in other states or countries after

November 4, 2008, will only be recognized as domestic partnerships.

State

Recognizes Same

Sex Marri age Authorit y

Alabama Yes?1A. C § 30–1–19, and A. C. art.

I § 36.03

Alaska Yes 2A C. art. I § 25

Arizona Yes 3A. R. S. §§ 25–101 and 25–112

Arkansas Yes?4

A. C A. §§ 9–11–208 and 9–11–107

California Yes 5

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