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  2. Same-sex marriage in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    The First Unitarian Society of Denver was the location of Colorado's first religious same-sex wedding ceremony, held in 1975 following issuance of a marriage license and civil ceremony in Boulder County. In 1975, Clela Rorex, the Boulder County Clerk, became the first county clerk in the nation to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [15]

  3. Timeline of same-sex marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    July 18: The Colorado Supreme Court orders the clerk of Denver County to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [312] July 18: The United States Supreme Court grants a stay of a lower court decision requiring the state of Utah to recognize the validity of same-sex marriages performed there between December 20, 2013, and January 6 ...

  4. Brinkman v. Long - Wikipedia

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    After being denied a marriage license, a lesbian couple filed a lawsuit on October 30, 2013, in the Seventeenth Judicial District. The case, Brinkman v. Long, seeks to overturn the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. [2][3] The couple was joined on February 18, 2014, by nine other same-sex couples who filed a lawsuit, McDaniel ...

  5. Government of Denver - Wikipedia

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    Denver is a consolidated city-county with an elected mayor, thirteen-member city council, auditor, and clerk and recorder. Denver city elections are on a non-partisan basis: that is, there are no official party nominees, though officials may belong to a political party. All citywide elected officials have four-year terms, with a maximum of ...

  6. Kim Davis - Wikipedia

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    Kimberly Jean Davis (née Bailey; born September 17, 1965) is an American former county clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky, who gained international attention in August 2015 when she defied a U.S. federal court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Davis was elected Rowan County Clerk in 2014. The following year, the Supreme Court ...

  7. Edwin Henry Hackley - Wikipedia

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    Emma Azalia Hackley. Edwin Henry Hackley, also commonly known as Edwin H. Hackley (1859 – 1940), was the first African-American lawyer admitted to the Colorado Bar Association (1883). Beginning in 1886, he worked as the Denver County Clerk, and then spent almost 14 years as an Abstract Clerk. He practiced law when he could, but after some ...

  8. Marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Marriage in the United States is a legal, social, and religious institution. The marriage age is set by each state and territory, either by statute or the common law applies. . An individual may marry without parental consent or other authorization on reaching 18 years of age in all states except in Nebraska (where the general marriage age is 19) and Mississippi (where the general marriage age ...

  9. Marriage License - Wikipedia

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    Marriage License is an oil painting on canvas measuring 45.5 by 42.5 inches (116 cm × 108 cm). [1] It is set in a dark city hall office filled with bookshelves. [2] The floor is strewn with used cigarettes and a brass spittoon. [3][4] In the middle of the painting stand a young couple in front of a rolltop desk filling out their application ...