Two Largest Native American Tribes In U.S. Ban Gay Marriage

As states across the country pass laws allowing same-sex marriages, the nation’s two largest Native American tribes — as well as a handful of smaller tribes — have laws on the books banning it.

A report by the Associated Press found that the Navajo and the Cherokee have reaffirmed or strengthened their decades-old tribal laws banning gay marriage in recent years. Those two tribes have a collective 600,000 members. The Navajo are clustered in the Southwest, where Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico come together. The Cherokee mostly live in Oklahoma. Another 10 smaller tribes that together have another 350,000 members also now have laws specifically prohibiting gay marriage.

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