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Same-Sex Couples Are Securing Retroactive Recognition Of Their Marriages

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which brought marriage equality to all 50 states, is still having ripple effects in the legal system, bringing closure to many same-sex families. Two victories this week demonstrate how the ruling is retroactively securing justice by recognizing same-sex marriages. A judge in Bucks County, Pennsylvania has ruled that two women were in a valid common-law marriage when one of them passed away in 2013, back before marriage equality was even recognized in the commonwealth.

 

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