Understand your rights, state laws, and how to get legally married anywhere. Several other northeast states shortly followed suit Connecticut in 2008, vermont in 2009, and new hampshire and washington, dc, in 2010 Early in 2008 the supreme courts of two states— california and connecticut —struck down state laws limiting marriage to the union between a man and a woman. The journey toward marriage equality in the united states illustrates the complex interplay between state and federal powers, judicial interpretation, and societal change From the defense of marriage act in 1996 to the supreme court’s decision in obergefell v
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