Marriage Act 1252195 132725044 2007-05-22T17:32:54Z MPS 96785 federal [[Federal government of the United States]] '''Marriage Act''' may refer to a number of pieces of legislation: * The [[Marriage Act, 1753]] which abolished [[common-law marriage]] in [[England]] and [[Wales]] *The [[Marriage Act 1961]], [[Australia]]'s law that governs legal [[marriage]]. * The [[Marriage Act (1697)]], a [[penal law]] passed in [[1697]] discouraging interfaith marriages. All interfaith marriages would be considered legally Catholic. The married couple would have to live under the tough Catholic laws. *The [[Defense of Marriage Act]] passed in the [[United States]] to limit [[Federal government of the United States|Federal]] marriage recognition to male-female couplings and thus proscribe the possibility of Federal [[same-sex marriage in the United States]] *The [[Affirmation of Marriage Act]] passed in [[Virginia]] *The [[Civil Marriage Act]] passed in [[Canada]] explicitly permitting same-sex marriages. ==See also== *[[Royal Marriages Act 1772]] *[[Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907]] {{disambig}}