Alaska gay marriage

Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Alaska since October 12, , with an interruption from October 15 to 17 while state officials sought without success to delay the implementation of a federal court ruling.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gay couples began applying for marriage licenses in Anchorage on Monday, 15 years after Alaska helped touch off a national debate with a ban on same-sex unions.

The Respect for Marriage Act, which passed the Senate in a vote, now goes to the House, which passed a different version of the bill earlier this year. The votes of both senators were expected; each senator had voted in favor of a procedural motion to advance the bill toward final passage two weeks ago. Murkowski has been a longtime supporter of same-sex marriage rights and had signaled support for the bill earlier this year.

Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Alaska since October 12, , with an interruption from October 15 to 17 while state officials sought without success to delay the implementation of a federal court ruling.

JUNEAU, Alaska — An Alaska woman alleges the state is wrongly enforcing laws barring recognition of same-sex marriages, five years after a federal judge found such a ban to be unconstitutional. Department of Law spokeswoman Cori Mills, in an email, said the department would need to look into the allegations and determine what happened. But she said the division that determines eligibility for payment of Alaska Permanent Fund Dividends currently recognizes same-sex spouses.

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Alaska since October 12, , via the district court ruling of Hamby v. Parnell. In , the Alaska Legislature passed a bill banning same-sex marriage. Governor Tony Knowles declined to veto the bill, but allowed it to go become law without his signature on May 6, [6].

A magistrate in Barrow, Alaska - the nation's northernmost community, and one that cannot be reached by road - has performed what is believed to be the state's first gay marriage ceremony days ahead of schedule. After a federal judge struck down the state's ban, couples across the state lined up Monday to apply for marriage licenses, starting the clock on a mandatory three-day wait until ceremonies could be held. For Kristine Hilderbrand, 30, and Sarah Ellis, 34, it wasn't about being first when they sought and received a waiver to the three-day wait from Magistrate Mary Treiber.