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Native American Marriage
Posted by Meredith on Aug 8, 2005 at 07:37PM in News Reports - permalink

This is a front I wasn't aware of in the struggle for same-sex marriage in the United States - apparently Native American tribes (or at least some of them) have sovereignty, and thus the authority to grant or deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples if it so chooses. In Oklahoma, a Cherokee Nation court decided to reject an opponent's appeal and ruled that a lesbian couple's marriage certificate would remain valid. Normally, Oklahoma does not recognize same-sex marriage licenses from other states, but they are supposed to accept all Cherokee licenses. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

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