History of the United States II / Unit 17 USH2 2431 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Civil Unions and Marriage
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The idea
Vermont allowed same-sex couples to form civil unions with the legal rights of marriage, and a Massachusetts court then held that unions without marriage were discrimination.
In practice
Massachusetts becoming the first state to let same-sex couples marry, the anchor records.
Where people slip
The Yawp dates the Massachusetts ruling to two thousand three, the start of state courts' rulings against marriage bans.
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