LGBT Rights and Federal and State Law
See also: Same-sex marriage in the United States See also: Same-sex marriage law in the United States by state See also: Same-sex marriage status in the United States by state See also: Timeline of same-sex marriage in the United States See also: Legal aspects of transsexualism in the United States#Birth certificates and marriage See also: Same-sex unions in the United States See also: Civil union in the United States See also: Domestic partnership in the United States See also: Cities and counties in the United States offering a domestic partnership registryRead more about this topic: LGBT Rights In The United States
Famous quotes containing the words rights, federal, state and/or law:
“I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it.”
—James Boswell (1740–1795)
“[M]y conception of liberty does not permit an individual citizen or a group of citizens to commit acts of depredation against nature in such a way as to harm their neighbors and especially to harm the future generations of Americans. If many years ago we had had the necessary knowledge, and especially the necessary willingness on the part of the Federal Government, we would have saved a sum, a sum of money which has cost the taxpayers of America two billion dollars.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“To the cry of “follow Mormons and prairie dogs and find good land,” Civil War veterans flocked into Nebraska, joining a vast stampede of unemployed workers, tenant farmers, and European immigrants.”
—For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.”
—Maria Mitchell (1818–1889)