"State constitutional amendments" . "recognition" . "similar measures" . "Only Marriage Between One Man and One Woman is Valid or Legally Recognized as Marriage" . . "defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman" . "banned recognition of same-sex unions" . "Defense of Marriage Act movement" . "prevent same-sex marriages" . . "state constitutional amendment banning same-sex unions" . "similar measures prohibiting same-sex marriage" . "amend the Minnesota constitution to ban such unions" . "outlawing same-sex marriage" . . "adding a ban on same-sex marriage" . . "state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions" . "constitutional amendment" . "prevented same-sex marriages from being conducted or recognized" . "prohibit the state from recognizing" . "makes it unconstitutional for the state to recognize" . "made it unconstitutional for the state to recognize" . "constitutional amendment banning same-sex unions" . "constitutional amendments prohibiting same-sex marriage" . "prohibited same-sex marriages" . "prohibited the recognition" . "constitutional ban on same-sex marriage" . "U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions" . "constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions" . "U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions" . "make it unconstitutional for the state to recognize" . "other sixteen such state amendments" . "place a ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions in the North Carolina constitution" . "state constitution" . "ban same-sex marriages" . "state constitutional amendment that banned same-sex marriage and civil unions" . "prohibition of same-sex unions" . "state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage" .