Is there any state that the same sex can get married?
107313
yeah Massachusets [did i spell it right?] \nIn texas it is in illegal. then again you can always go to canada where gay marriage is legal everywhere......
808691
Citizenship is acquired through federal law, not state law, so even if your state allows same-sex marriages you probably can´t sponsor an immigrant that way.
793899
Massecheshits is the only state that allows gay marriage. New Jersey has just had a ruling in its courts that say that a gay marriage is valid. The Federal government does not recognise either so don't expect spousal pension benefitsif your partner dies.
297455
A proxy marriage is possible but not advisable.  Only four US states allow them - California, Colorado, Texas and Montana.  Montana may be able to marry people with neither of them present.  It may also be possible to arrange a proxy marriage in Mexico even if neither party is a resident.  You should contact Legal Assistance of your local JAG office for more details.
87007
It's not allowed, and Illinois doesn't recognize same-sex marriages or civil unions performed in other states either. \n\nhttp://www.idph.state.il.us/vitalrecords/marriage_faq.htm#7\nhttp://www.ag.state.il.us/opinions/2000/00-017.html
1119301
Probably the same reason a lot of US states won't.  They say it's wrong because God created man and woman to be together.  and the devil created homosexuality.  People in general just don't accept things that they don't understand and what they have been taught and always have thought was wrong.  I think if two people love eachother who cares.  Does the governor or all these protestors or the judge of the courthouse have to go to the wedding or go to their house?  NO they don't.  I think there are bigger issues than this that states and countries should worry about.  This shouldn't even be an issue.  Its not fair that when two people of the same sex want to get married they get a protest outside their wedding but if two people who have a 60 year difference want to get married they can without any problems from the outside world...Its just sad to think that a 80 yr old man can marry a 20 yr old woman and its ok, even though the woman is only marrying him for his money but two people, of the same sex...which shouldn't even matter, who love eachother want to make a commitment to one another the entire world thinks its their right to come in between it just because God says its not right.  Let God do His job and they should do theirs.\n**by the way I'm not a lesbian...I'm married to a man**
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STATES THAT RECOGNIZE COMMON LAW MARRIAGE: \nOnly a few states recognize common law marriages: \n\nAlabama\nColorado\nGeorgia (if created before 1/1/97)\nIdaho (if created before 1/1/96)\nIowa\nKansas\nMontana\nNew Hampshire (for inheritance purposes only)\nOhio (if created before 10/10/91)\nOklahoma (possibly only if created before 11/1/98. Oklahoma's laws and court decisions may be in conflict about whether common law marriages formed in that state after 11/1/98 will be recognized.)\nPennsylvania (if created before 9/03)\nRhode Island\nSouth Carolina\nTexas\nUtah\nWashington, D.C.\n\nGoogle common law states
158446
No. (and yes)   Common law marriage was abolished in California sometime around 1927.\n\n However, if people get married outside of California according to the laws where they are, and those laws include "common law" marriage, then that marriage (including a "common law" one), will be recognized in California should they move there.\n  \nAdditionally, when justice will be done, California courts will grant "putative spouse" status to a person, who in good faith, thought he or she was married, but the formalities were not done.  In a case I represented the "wife", she was a new immigrant from Vietnam (where marriages are not a governmental affair) and went through a Buddist wedding ceremony with her husband. Husband did not have them obtain a wedding license and somehow had the priest conducting the ceremony overlook that no license had been presented to him to sign.  Husband was killed in an auto accident and to prosecute the wrongful death case, I had to prove that she was a "putative spouse" who, under California law, can sue for the death of her husband.\n\nAlso, recently, California has institued "domestic partnerships" for persons unable to marry each other, which give the parties many of the rights spouses have, including rights to custody/visitation of children, child and partner support, and equal division of assets (and debts) acquired during the partnership.\n\nIf you really need them, I could look up the exact statutes.
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Unfortunately, you're out of luck.\n\nIn order to get married in Massachusetts, you have to be living in Massachusetts.  So strike one.\n\nSecond, the federal government doesn't recognize marriages performed in Massachusetts.  So you can move to Massachusetts,  get married, and still not be able to get your girl citizenship as your wife.  She would have to go through all the hoops as if she were single. Strike two.\n\nSorry.  Our government sucks :-(
1114661
No, they don't. See list of states that do below ...\n\nhttp://www.unmarried.org/common.html
602982
They can get married in Massachusetts. They can have civil unions in Connecticut and Vermont. I'm not sure where else they can marry though.
918240
At this time, it's not federally recognized. Because of this, couples legally married in other countries or in states which do recognize same sex marriage cannot transfer their marriages from one state to another, nor can immegrants have their same sex marriages from other countries recognized in any state.\n\nThere is ONE state which currently has legalized same sex marriages and one state in which it's state Supreme Court has ruled that it is legal.\n\nMassachusetts has legal same sex marriage, but you must be a legal resident of either Massachusetts or Rhode Island to qualify and they do not recognize out of country same sex marriages.\n\nNew Jersey's State Supreme Courts just ruled last month that same sex marriage should be legal in that state. They have six months to make legal arrangements to make it available. They haven't even begun to decide how to go about this process yet. \n\nVermont has Legal Civil Unions, these are NOT the same as legal Marriages and do not carry the same legal rights, priveledges, protections or benefits as legal marriage. \n\nHope this helps some.
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another county? or another country? not all marriages are recognized everywhere. for instance, if a man has three wives in another country it wouldn't be recognized in a place that outlaws polygamy. likewise, same-sex marriage is legal in massachusetts but not other states.\n\nfor new york city marriage license info, check out this site: http://nycmarriagebureau.com/about/marriagelicense.html\n\nfor new york state in general: http://www.nysegov.com/citGuide.cfm?superCat=82&cat=154&content=main\n\nif you're getting married in another country (let's say, ireland) but live in new york, i recommend contacting the city licensing bureau to find out exactly what you need to do.\n\ngood luck, and congratulations! :)
184172
You can marry the person you love and want to spend the rest of your life with, while they can't. Laws against same-sex marriage impose an arbitrary, and essentially religious view of marriage on people who do not believe in it, for no reason other than to maintain the status quo. It is ridiculous to say that you have the same rights because you can't marry someone of the same sex either; you obviously don't want to.
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No, currently the California Supreme Court (which sits in San Francisco) says no gay marriages until all the lawsuits from gay activists and opposing religious groups are decided. \n\nIn the meantime, the same court has ruled Domestic Partnerships that grant the rights and responsibilities of marriage to gays are definitely legal. So the fight at this point isn't substantive, its over the actual use of the word "marriage" only.\n\nAs for the lawsuits, there has been conflicting rulings...in Orange County and Sacramento County, the ban on same-sex marriage was uphelded. However, judges in San Francisco County and Santa Cruz County reached the opposite conclusion (holding that the ban is unconstitutional). No matter who wins these little trial court battles, however, it'll eventually be appealed all the way back up to the California Supreme Court.
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Hello there.  My name is Harry Johnson and I love handsome men like you.  \n\nIn some US states, we can get married ie. Massachusetts.\n\nWe may have to marry fast because they are pushing to outlaw homosexual marriages.
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Gay marriage is legal in The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Canada.\n\nIn the U.S. it is legal only in Massachusetts.\n\nOther countries, such as the UK have legal civil unions which give many of the benefits of marriage.