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Key Facts
- National overview: Kindregan quoted ABA Resolution A.B.A. Res. 111 (Aug. 11, 2010) urging states, territorial governments, and tribal governments to remove legal barriers to civil marriage for same-sex couples otherwise eligible to marry.
- Federal level: Kindregan described the federal Office of Personnel Management as accepting same-sex domestic partners for certain leave categories.
- Federal level: Kindregan tied the OPM description to “Absence and Leave; Definitions of Family Member, Immediate Relative, and Related Terms, 75 Fed. Reg. 33,491” and said it was to be codified at “5 C.F.R. pt. 630.”.
- National overview: The Web Archive capture identifies the legacy ABANow page title as “Marriage Equality – ABANow – ABA Media Relations & Communication Services.”.
- State level: The archived page included Proposition 8–related references, including language about “read the opinion that ‘reversed’ Proposition 8” and a quoted passage beginning “An initiative measure adopted by the voters deserves great respect.”.
- Federal level: The live ABANow URL at the legacy address returned HTTP 404 during the provided fetch run, while an archived capture exists.
Last reviewed: May 2026. Legal rules, forms, deadlines, and procedures can change by jurisdiction, agency, and court system.
- What this archive recovery preserves
- The legacy ABANow page titled “Marriage Equality”
- How the ABA resolution language shows up in a 2011 law article
- The quoted “RESOLVED” urging language
- How Proposition 8 references appear in the archived page
- A federal administrative example mentioned alongside the marriage equality materials
- Why this kind of archive item matters for historical legal research
- What this archive recovery does not update
- Compact comparison archive content vs current legal effect
- Availability and preservation note for AM 2010 111
- Related legal information
- Sources
What this archive recovery preserves
This recovery focuses on a legacy ABANow page associated with “AM 2010 111” in the archive context, using both the Web Archive snapshot and a 2011 law article that quoted the ABA resolution language.
During the provided fetch run, the legacy live URL returned HTTP 404, so the historical page identity and archived content came from the Web Archive capture and from Kindregan law article PDF quoting ABA Res. 111 and OPM leave discussion.
The legacy ABANow page titled “Marriage Equality”
The Web Archive snapshot identifies the legacy page title as “Marriage Equality – ABANow – ABA Media Relations & Communication Services.” (Web Archive snapshot of the ABANow Marriage Equality page).
This recovery treats the snapshot as a preservation of what appeared on the legacy page at the time captured, not as a statement of current law.
How the ABA resolution language shows up in a 2011 law article
In Kindregan law article PDF quoting ABA Res. 111 and OPM leave discussion, Charles P. Kindregan cites what the article describes as a “recent resolution of the American Bar Association” and identifies it as “A.B.A. Res. 111 (Aug. 11, 2010).”
The article then reproduces the resolution’s “RESOLVED” urging language and connects it to the legacy ABANow URL for AM 2010 111 materials.
The quoted “RESOLVED” urging language
The 2011 law article reproduces the resolution’s “RESOLVED” urging language as follows:
> “RESOLVED: That the American Bar Association urges state, territorial, and tribal governments to eliminate all of their legal barriers to civil marriage between two persons of the same sex who are otherwise eligible to marry.”
How Proposition 8 references appear in the archived page
The Web Archive snapshot of the legacy “Marriage Equality” page includes Proposition 8–related references, including language about “read the opinion that ‘reversed’ Proposition 8” and a quoted passage beginning “An initiative measure adopted by the voters deserves great respect.” (Web Archive snapshot of the ABANow Marriage Equality page).
Because this is archive recovery, these Proposition 8 passages are treated as content that appeared on the archived page, not as an independently verified summary of any underlying court opinion.
A federal administrative example mentioned alongside the marriage equality materials
In the same 2011 article, Kindregan describes federal administrative practice by stating that the Office of Personnel Management “now accepts same-sex domestic partners” for certain leave categories and ties that description to a Federal Register notice: “Absence and Leave; Definitions of Family Member, Immediate Relative, and Related Terms, 75 Fed. Reg. 33,491 (June 14, 2010) (to be codified at 5 C.F.R. pt. 630).” (Kindregan law article PDF quoting ABA Res. 111 and OPM leave discussion).
Why this kind of archive item matters for historical legal research
Archive materials often show how legal organizations and legal writers framed federal and state issues during a specific period, including what they urged, what they quoted, and how they connected public discussions to administrative categories or other legal references.
This recovery preserves those historically situated statements without treating them as a current legal standard.
What this archive recovery does not update
This entry preserves the historical content associated with the legacy ABANow page and the resolution wording quoted in the 2011 law article.
It does not verify or update current marriage-equality law, and it does not confirm whether any organizational position described in 2010–2011 remains the same.
Compact comparison archive content vs current legal effect
| Archive element | What the archive materials show | What the archive materials do not establish |
|---|---|---|
| Kindregan’s quoted “RESOLVED” language for A.B.A. Res. 111 | What the quoted resolution text urged in 2010, as reproduced in the 2011 article | Any current binding rule of law |
| Web Archive text tied to “Marriage Equality” | How the archived ABANow page referenced Proposition 8 and included quoted phrases | The current validity or legal effect of the Proposition 8 discussion |
| The legacy ABANow URL availability | The live URL returned HTTP 404 during the provided fetch run, while an archived snapshot exists | Whether the underlying content has since been corrected, supplemented, or removed elsewhere |
Availability and preservation note for AM 2010 111
The provided fetch results indicate that the live ABANow URL returned HTTP 404 during the run, which means readers may need to rely on the archived capture for what the page showed at that time. (Fetch unavailable record for the live legacy ABANow URL).
For historical research and citation, this recovery therefore treats the Web Archive snapshot as the preservation point for the legacy “Marriage Equality” page and uses the 2011 Kindregan quotation for the quoted resolution language.
