Appendix 5: State Laws Relating to Marriage

• Author: Ally Windsor Howell
• Pages: 249-252

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State

Recognizes Sa me

Sex Marriage Authority

Alabama No A. C § 30–1–19, and A. C.

art. I § 36.03

Alaska No A C. art. I § 25

Arizona No A. R. S. §§ 25–101 and 25–112

Arkansas No A. C A. §§ 9–11–208 and

9–11–107

California

No, but sometimes

same sex marriages

are recognized.

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. 2012

WL 1994574 (9th Cir. 2012); and C. F.

C § 308.5, declared unconstitutional

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 Nov. 4, 2008, in

other states or countries will be recognized

as marriages under California law. Same-

sex marriages taking place in other states

or countries after Nov. 4, 2008, will only be

recognized as domestic partnerships.

Colorado No C. C., art. II, §31 and C. R.

S. §§ 14–2–104 and

State Laws Relating

to Marriage

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