Match each term with its definition.
A. legal recognition that grants same-sex couples rights similar to the marriage rights available to heterosexual couples
B. invalid from its inception
C. related by blood
D. a same-sex relationship committed to live together and support each other in a mutually exclusive partnership
E. related by marriage
F. the U.S. Supreme Court struck down many of these provisions as unconstitutional
G. the spouse in a second marriage where the first marriage has not been legally dissolved
H. having multiple spouses
I. valid marriage based on intent rather than a state license
J. acquiring adulthood by operation of law
A. Civil unions
B. Void ab initio
C. Consanguinity
D. Domestic partnerships
E. Affinity
F. DOMA
G. Putative spouse
H. Polygamy
I. Common law marriages
J. Emancipation
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