Sentence examples for recognition marriages from inspiring English sources
He has all the accoutrements of stardom – name recognition, marriages to noted beauties – everything except actual, marquee-topping success.
He supports the Defense of Marriage Act, which forbids the federal recognition of marriages involving partners of the same sex and permits the states to ignore marriages made in other states.
It is now arguing for heightened scrutiny, but only in the context of cases involving the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies federal recognition to marriages that are already legal in one state or the other.
He promised to push for gay marriage, though the recognition of marriage rests entirely with the states.
The 1996 law prohibits federal recognition of marriages between people of the same sex.
He also voted in favor of a bill that would ban the recognition of marriages between homosexuals.
He supported the line-item veto and voted in favor of a bill to ban the recognition of marriages between homosexuals.
It argues further that by limiting federal recognition to marriages between men and women, the law "undermines the states' sovereign authority to define, regulate and support family relationships".
In other words, clergy members now act as official agents of the state by being a critical part of the process that provides legal recognition of marriages by the state.
The only pending territorial lawsuit involving gay marriage was filed in Puerto Rico last year by five couples - two who are seeking to marry in Puerto Rico and three who live on the island and want recognition of marriages that occurred elsewhere.
The Defense of Marriage Act, otherwise known as DOMA, which limits federal recognition of marriage and does not recognize the marriages of legally married gay and lesbian couples.
