Marriage is typically defined as the spiritual and/or legal union of two people. Intimate and sexual relationships are acknowledged by the state and/or religious authorities as marriage, however, the legal status of these relationships is highly dependent on the state or jurisdiction where they occur.
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There are different forms of marriage recognized by the states. Those forms of marriage are monogamous heterosexual, in which one male and one female are married; polygamy, in which a man or a woman takes more than one spouse; and a same sex marriage in which people of the same sex are married. According to powers not specified to the federal government in the Constitution, marriage is a state by state issue, which requires consulting a marriage or divorce attorney specifically from your state for accurate answers to questions.
