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October 14, 2014

Alaska Becomes 30th State with Marriage Equality 
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Alaska and North Carolina have begun issuing marriage licenses to
same-sex couples after courts in those states overturned bans on
marriage equality. The rulings are part of the broad impact from last
week's Supreme Court decision to decline appeals from states that sought
to ban same-sex marriage. In 1998, Alaska became the first state to pass
a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. It has now become
the 30th state where same-sex marriage is legal.

 

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