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A first step would be to legalize house churches alongside state-run churches in the same way China has legalized private industry alongside state-owned enterprises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Polymarket has an advantage there: U.S. states with the highest Hispanic populations, namely Texas and California, have yet to legalize traditional sports betting.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Bernal added that delinquency rates for credit cards and car loans have jumped by 25% to 27% for borrowers under age 40 in states that legalize internet sports betting.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

Part of the rationale to legalize sports gambling was that professional athletes make so much money that they wouldn’t be tempted by bribes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

The divorce from Marcia was at long last finalized, allowing Walt and Billie to legalize their marriage.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

If the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage, India would become the second country in Asia, after Taiwan, to do so.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023

The 100-page "family code" legalizes same-sex marriage and civil unions, allows same-sex couples to adopt children, and promotes equal sharing of domestic rights and responsibilities between men and women.

From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed into law a bill that effectively legalizes the cryptocurrency sector in the country.

From The Verge ● Mar. 17, 2022

“If California legalizes sports gambling it becomes very unlikely that another state would arise as the consumer-oriented opposer of sports gambling.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

The act legalizes the deportation of people suspected of having “ties to terrorism.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Marriage equality was legalized in all 50 states by the Supreme Court 11 years ago in Obergefell v.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

In 2026, Idaho legalized starters-homes on small lots and Virginia allowed accessory dwelling units by right.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Twenty-four states have legalized cannabis for recreational use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Since California had legalized the procedure decades earlier, Seymour reasoned that he should respect women’s choices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

Du Bois praised and embraced Washington’s emphasis on “thrift, patience, and industrial training for the masses,” but sharply disagreed with his public acceptance of segregation, disenfranchisement, and legalized discrimination.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Call me naive, but that’s what I thought most sports betting would look like after the Supreme Court struck down a law in 2018 that had prevented states from legalizing the practice.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

He put his effort into legalizing people already here—nearly three million, the largest such legalization in U.S. history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

However, if those states end up legalizing sports betting, the company said, it will stop offering sports-prediction markets and offer its traditional sports-betting platform instead.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025

The small South American country has a long history of passing socially liberal laws, legalizing marijuana, same-sex marriage and abortion long before most others.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

Two men loudly discuss how Patel has been successful in legalizing their family members.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario