Same Sex Marriage

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What is Same Sex Marriage?

The United States Supreme Court has ruled in several seminal cases that same-sex marriage is constitutionally a right of the parties and that it is illegal for state authorities to deny such couples the privileges of a marriage license and a legitimate marriage equal to heterosexual couples.

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