A graphed timele of 1994-2015 of when gay marriage was legalized each state of the US, and when was banned.
Contents:
- STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
- STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
- DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
The first lawsus volvg same-sex marriage, also lled gay marriage, started the 1970s, brgg the qutn of civil marriage rights for same-sex upl to public attentn. Del Mart and Phyllis Lyon bee the first gay uple to marry and receive official regnn after beg together for 50 years. Thirty-seven stat have legalized gay marriage, wh rtrictns Kansas, Missouri, and Alabama.
In others – most recently Alabama – ’s been state or feral judg forcg the toehold long sought by gay rights advot and bterly ntted by those who argue marriage is an stutn rerved solely for one man and one woman. The state’s nstutnal ban on gay marriage, passed 2004, was stck down twice last year – once by a state urt judge and aga by a U. District Court judge led that the state’s nstutnal amendment banng gay marriag had no “legimate purpose.
STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circu later overturned the lg, restatg gay marriage bans Kentucky and four other stat.
DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
A state urt judge led November that Missouri’s 2004 nstutnal ban on gay marriage was illegal.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
Adam Ebb, the first openly gay lawmaker the state’s General Assembly, troduced the bill, which was one of four pro-LGBTQ measur passed the state this month. Indiana is one of those stat, though an attempt to remove s gay marriage ban was unsuccsful last month the Republin-ntrolled state Legislature. ”Five years after the Supreme Court had s say on the issue, same-sex marriage remas a polilly ntent issue, and LGBTQ advot ntue to battle urtrooms and stateho to ensure gay upl n exercise their right to marry.
History of state-level gay marriage bansStat have two typ of bans on same-sex marriage: statutory and nstutnal.