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

"Fancy," she laughed, "a midge, on the strength of having wings, condescending to offer marriage to a horse!"

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 by Various

“We do not offer marriage rite,So please dismiss the notion!”“Oh dear,” said she, “that alters quiteThe state of my emotion.”

From The Bab Ballads by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir