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Effective - 02 Sep 2004, see footnote    bottom

  I Section 33.  Marriage, validity and recognition. — That to be valid and recognized in this state, a marriage shall exist only between a man and a woman.

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(Adopted August 3, 2004).

(2015) The right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of the person, and under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment couples of the same sex may not be deprived of that right and that liberty. Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S.Ct. 2584.


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