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Lists of protections and responsibilities marriage provides
Discrimination: Protections Denied to Same-Sex Couples and Their Kids
Some of the ways in which government's denying the freedom to marry punishes couples and families by depriving them of critical tangible as well as intangible protections and responsibilities in virtually every area of life.
Defense of Marriage Act: An Update to Prior Report
The GAO counts 1,138 federal statutory provisions in the United States Code which provide protections and responsibilities to married couples.
1324 reasons for marriage equality in New York State (pdf)
A list of all the 1,324 New York state statutes and regulations that confer a right or duty on married individuals in New York State — most of which cannot be obtained by any other way but through marriage.
Marriage Inequality in the State of Maryland
More than 425 provisions in the Maryland Code disparately treat or unambiguously discriminate against same-sex couples, who are unable to marry.
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Couples share their stories about marriage discrimination. (link)
Some of the ways in which the government's denial of the freedom to marry punishes couples and families every day. (link)
Equality for All is working to protect marriage by leading the fight against an anti-marriage initiative on the November 2008 ballot in California. This statewide coalition of LGBT and civil rights organizations, labor and business, straight and gay, is determined to defeat any attempts to write discrimination into our constitution.
