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 | In 2000-DEC, marriage in the Netherlands was extended to same-sex couples. More details. |
| During mid-2003, in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada, senior provincial courts ordered their provinces to start marrying same-sex couples. More details. |
| In the state of Massachusetts, SSM became available in 2004-MAY. More details. |
| A number of cities and counties and cities across the U.S. started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004-FEB. However, states refused to register them. More details. |
| By the end of 2004, 87% of Canadians lived in a province or territory that allowed same-sex marriage. |
| In 2005-JAN, a New York court ruled that SSM was required by the state constitution. |
| In 2005-FEB, the Canadian federal government introduced C-38, a bill to make SSM available throughout all of Canada. It became law on 2006-JUL-20. |
As of early 2007, same-sex couples can marry in Massachusetts, get "civil unionized" in Connecticut, New Jersey or Vermont, and enter domestic partnerships in California. All obtain the full set of state rights, obligations and privileges as are routinely extended to married opposite-sex couples. However, the over 1,000 federal benefits given to opposite-sex couples are denied them.
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