offer marriage

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Hodges in 2015, in which the court’s four liberals joined him in finding that it violated the Constitution for states to offer marriage licenses only to heterosexual couples.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2018

Almost from the moment Massachusetts became the first state to offer marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, mainstream businesses have tried to find a way to attract customers from this new, lucrative market.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2010

Sowle largely based a quick preliminary opinion on that language: the county not only could offer marriage licenses to gays.

From Time Magazine Archive

I ask your permission," he resumes, "to offer marriage to Celia—for your sake.

From Little Novels by Collins, Wilkie

It was natural that Westray should have known vacillation and misgiving before he made up his mind to offer marriage.

From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade