Jackalyn Rainosek - The Fight to Allow Same-Sex Marriage

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The Fight to Allow Same-Sex Marriage

• Jackalyn Rainosek

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• Jackalyn Rainosek and Liz Cloud made their
• union official on November 6, 2015 after
• sharing a life together for more than two
  decades. The Houston couple was finally able to
  legally marry in the state of Texas following the
  June 26, 2015 Supreme Court decision allowing
  same-sex marriages in all states.
• In 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to
  legalize gay marriage after a ruling of 4-3 by
  the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. San
  Francisco followed suit by challenging the
  California law prohibiting marriage of same-sex
  couples and began issuing marriage licenses to
  gay couples.

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• Marriage licenses for same-sex couples were also
  issued in counties in New Mexico, New York and
  Oregon but lawsuits to block the marriages
  ensued.
• On April 20, 2005, Connecticut became the second
  state to approve same-sex civil unions and the
  first state to do so without force from the
  courts. California became the next state to
  approve legislation allowing same-sex couples to
  marry, however, the bill was quickly vetoed by
  then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• Battles continued to loom in states across the
  country for the legalization of same-sex marriage
  with bans in multiple states. On May 9, 2012,
  President Barack Obama endorsed same-sex
  marriage, becoming the first president in history
  to fully support civil rights for gays.

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• One by one, states begin legalizing gay
• marriage and on November 20, 2014, South Carolina
  becomes the 35th state to do so. On June 26,
  2015, same-sex couples throughout the country
  finally achieved victory as the Supreme Court
  declared gay marriage legal in all 50 states.
• Jackalyn Rainosek and Liz Cloud exercised their
  right to a legal marriage on November 6, 2015 in
  Houston, Texas. The date marked their 21st
  anniversary.

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