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The States and Same-Sex Marriage

Zachariah Rivenbark

February 7, 2015 09:04:00 pm

02/04/2015: Michigan announced it would not appeal same-sex marriage recognition ruling

02/04/2015: Eleventh Circuit suspended same-sex marriage appeals

01/20/2015: Federal judge placed North Dakota same-sex marriage case on hold

01/16/2015: Supreme Court granted ceritorari in same-sex marriage case

01/09/2015: Fifth Circuit heard arguments on same-sex marriage bans in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi

01/03/2015: Idaho governor appealed to Supreme Court to reinstitute same-sex marriage ban

11/25/2014: Arkansas, Mississippi same-sex marriage bans struck down

11/19/2014: Federal judge struck down Montana same-sex marriage ban

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On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans. Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.

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On April 24, 1800, U.S. President John Adams approved $5,000 to fund the establishment of the U.S. Library of Congress.

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