offer marriage
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Hodges in 2015, in which the court’s four liberals joined him in finding that it violated the Constitution for states to offer marriage licenses only to heterosexual couples.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2018
Almost from the moment Massachusetts became the first state to offer marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, mainstream businesses have tried to find a way to attract customers from this new, lucrative market.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2010
Sowle largely based a quick preliminary opinion on that language: the county not only could offer marriage licenses to gays.
From Time Magazine Archive
Or had something come to pass which made it impossible for him to offer marriage something connected with Lashmar's early visit this morning?
From Our Friend the Charlatan by Gissing, George
How could he offer marriage if they were already married?
From The Imaginary Marriage by Cooper, Henry St. John
