Talk:History of civil marriage in the U.S.
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does anybody know any good sites for info on marriage from 1850-1900
I added the POV tag because I think there is a bit of NPOV here, basically in what this listing does NOT cover. There is a big gap of 20 years from 1976 to 1996, where there was much action on same-sex marriage, like the Hawaii Supreme Court decision, that are left out of this listing entirely.
Also, the last entry seems quite POV in the way it's worded, and citing an obvious conservative source. The numbers may be accurate, but crediting a source that is a major participant in this issue detracts from Wiki credibility. Why credit any group? "1900 - All states now grant married women the right to own property..." does not cite anyone. T-bonham 11:51, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 2006
"2006 - According to the Heritage Foundation, 24 states have protected traditional one man, one woman marriage within both their statutes and constitutions. There are 44 States that have either a statutory or constitutional definition of traditional marriage.[1]"
I've removed this line for three reasons. First of all, it's POV (specifically, the part about "protecting traditional marriage" is); but what's a bigger problem is that it's also unclear to me what this is actually supposed to mean - I originally wanted to reword this in a more neutral manner, but then I realised that I have no idea what those states (supposedly) really did. And third, we should at the very least be careful when using biased organisations like the Heritage Foundation as sources, and if possible, avoid them altogether and instead rely on neutral, reliable sources instead. -- Schneelocke 07:34, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
