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Marriage / San Francisco, California / History #748478

CNN Evening News for Friday, Feb 13, 2004
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The gay marriages in San Francisco despite the California state law forbidding same-sex marriage reported; couples shown.

(New York: Beth Nissen) The paradoxical history of marriage in America reviewed; many photos shown. [Harvard University's "Public Vows" author Nancy COTT†- talks about earlier marital laws; recalls the obstacles to marriage constructed in the 1880s, why slaves were unable to marry, how law prohibited interracial marriage; notes the essence of monogamy in American marriage; states marriage has remained an important institution because of its flexibility over time.]

Reporter(s):
Brown, Aaron;
Nissen, Beth
Duration:
00:04:00

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