Cherokee Attorney General Voids Tribal Council’s Ban On Same-Sex Marriages

(December 30, 2016, 2:21 PM EST) -- TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee Nation Attorney General Todd Hembree issued an opinion Dec. 9 finding that same-sex marriages are legal in the tribe and that a 2004 tribal law prohibiting marriage “between parties of the same gender” violates the Cherokee Constitution (Opinion No. 2016-CNAG-01)....

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