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Marriage between members of the same gender within the United States of America. Three injunctions were filed to contest the changes, but two were dismissed. Retrieved 23 January MSMs allowed to donate blood. The court's ruling is considered a "jurisprudential thesis" and did not invalidate any state laws, meaning same-sex couples denied the right to wed would still have to seek individual injunctions.
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Record of Proceedings Hansard. Retrieved 30 December A measure legalizing same-sex marriage passed the Icelandic legislature in June In Mexico, some jurisdictions allow same-sex couples to wed, while others do not. The vote was hailed as a watershed moment by gay rights activists and marked the first time marriage rights in the United States have been extended to same-sex couples by popular vote.