Texts: Illinois Compiled Statutes "A marriage between any two (2) adults licensed, solemnized and registered as provided in this Act is valid in this State." Texts: Section 31-11-1-1. Same sex marriages prohibited "(a) Only a female may marry a male. Only a male may marry a female." "(b) A marriage between persons of the same gender is void in Indiana even if the marriage is lawful in the place where it is solemnized." Texts: CHAPTER 595 Marriage– 595.2. Gender — age. Only a marriage between a male and a female is valid." CHAPTER 595 Marriage– 595.20. Foreign marriages — validity. "A marriage which is solemnized in any other state, territory, country, or any foreign jurisdiction which is valid in that state, territory, country, or other foreign jurisdiction, is valid in this state if the parties meet the requirements for validity pursuant to section 595.2, subsection 1, and if the marriage would not otherwise be declared void." Texts: "(a) The marriage contract is to be considered in law as a civil contract. Marriage shall be constituted by one man and one woman only. All other marriages are declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state and are void." "(b) No relationship, other than a marriage, shall be recognized by the state as entitling the parties to the rights or incidents of marriage." "The marriage contract is to be considered in law as a civil contract between two parties who are of opposite sex. All other marriages are declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state and are void. The consent of the parties is essential. The marriage ceremony may be regarded either as a civil ceremony or as a religious sacrament, but the marriage relation shall only be entered into, maintained or abrogated as provided by law." "All marriages contracted without this state, which would be valid by the laws of the country in which the same were contracted, shall be valid in all courts and places in this state. It is the strong public policy of this state only to recognize as valid marriages from other states that are between a man and a woman." Texts: "Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Kentucky. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized." Section 402.005 Definition of marriage. "As used and recognized in the law of the Commonwealth, "marriage" refers only to the civil status, condition, or relation of one (1) man and one (1) woman united in law for life, for the discharge to each other and the community of the duties legally incumbent upon those whose association is founded on the distinction of sex."