To file taxes jointly, you generally must be married. However, some states recognize so-called “common law marriages,”and allow couples to file their taxes together. Check Out: A Look at Tax Filing ...

WASHINGTON - Voters in three states passed ballot measures ... a previous proposition defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. It would recognize the fundamental right to marry ...

The state constitutions of California ... Colorado removed language from its constitution that recognized marriage as “only a union of one man and one woman.” The Colorado bishops made ...

To say the least, the Supreme Court decision that overturned 50 years of precedent has left many confused as to where their state's abortion law stands. “Decades of research consistently show ...

Bill Owens, a Republican, signed a law banning same-sex marriage. Then, in 2006, Colorado voters passed Amendment 43, by 56% to 44%, adding the provision to the state constitution that recognized only ...

Amendment J, which Colorado voters approved on Election Day, simply removes old language in the state constitution regarding the definition of marriage. The amendment was placed on the ballot by ...

In 2022, the U.S. Congress repealed the previous ban on same-sex marriage from federal law. All 50 states are now required to recognize same-sex marriages lawfully entered in any state.

California, Colorado and Hawaii all have ballot measures that would codify the right of people of all genders to marry under state law ... without marriage equality laws to recognize the marriages ...

(The language of common law marriage doesn’t tend to account for same-sex couples.) Just a few states recognize common law marriage; New York isn’t one of them. The SSA does say, though ...