The country’s largest lawyers’ group has backed a resolution calling on all state legislatures to let same-sex couples marry. The group, the American Bar Association, adopted the measure Tuesday in San Francisco at its annual meeting The resolution was sponsored by the New York State Bar Association, and only one speaker voiced opposition during debate on it, said Stephen P. Younger, president of the New York group. The vote, which was overwhelming, Mr. Younger said, comes days after a federal judge in San Francisco struck down California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.

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