Marriage laws.

• Author: Finzel, Rochelle
• Position: TRENDS & TRANSITIONS - Same-sex marriage - Brief article

State legislatures and citizens continue to debate how to define "marriage,,' and have reached different conclusions. Most recently, voters in North Carolina decided to restrict marriage to a union between a man and a woman, as do 37 other states. Six states and and the District of Columbia grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Laws passed in Maryland and Washington this year allow same-sex...