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Gay marriage, now legal in Arizona, not recognized by Navajo Nation

Helen Tracey-Noren, Cronkite News//October 30, 2014//

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Gay marriage, now legal in Arizona, not recognized by Navajo Nation

Gay marriage, now legal in Arizona, not recognized by Navajo Nation

Helen Tracey-Noren, Cronkite News//October 30, 2014//

The Navajo Nation, which occupies about 20 percent of Arizona’s land mass, doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage. (Cronkite News Graphic by Helen Tracey-Noren) Nathaniel George said that...

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