marriage ban
Outlawed matrimonial union
A marriage ban is a legal prohibition against certain marriages—historically targeting interracial couples, and more recently same-sex couples.
The term appears in discussions of civil rights and constitutional law: The Supreme Court struck down state marriage bans in 2015.
Marriage bans may also restrict marriage for other reasons, such as age or consanguinity.
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- forbiddenNot allowed
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- same-sexInvolving identical genders
- equalitySame status for all
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Legal authorization to wed
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