In June of 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court led all state bans on same-sex marriage unnstutnal, allowg gay and lbian upl to marry natnwi. This timele highlights the chang state polici leadg up to that lg.
Contents:
- GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
- STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
- GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
- STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
- SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
* which states are gay marriage legal *
Comparg that evolutn to society's views of gays and lbians, Kennedy noted that for years, "a tthful claratn by same-sex upl of what was their hearts had to rema unspoken. Together, they volve a dozen upl who challenged same-sex marriage bans Oh, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennsee — the only stat wh bans on marriage between gay and lbian upl that had been staed by a feral appeals urt.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
Neteen stat pl Washgton, D.C., now allow gay marriage. Here is where the fight for marriage equaly the U.S. stands. * which states are gay marriage legal *
Before Friday's lg, gay marriage had already been ma legal 37 stat and the District of Columbia — by eher legislative or voter actn or by feral urts that overturned state' bans.
As NPR's Na Totenberg reported when the Supreme Court heard the current se back April, nservative jtic had poted qutns for the attorneys: "Jtice Slia asked whether misters would be able to refe to marry two gay men.
The urt noted the change thkg, statg: "Well to the 20th century, many Stat nmned same-sex timacy as immoral, and homosexualy was treated as an illns. The se ma s way to the US Supreme Court, which dismissed an appeal 2013 over same-sex marriage on jurisdictnal grounds, lg private parti did not have standg to fend California’s voter-approved ballot measure barrg gay and lbian upl om state-sanctned wedlock.
STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
Across the U.S., a fierce bate is takg place between those who hope all gays and lbians will soon have the right to marry and those who believe that same-sex marriage is helpg to unrme heterosexual marriage. Read about the history and current stat of the same-sex marriage bate. * which states are gay marriage legal *
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.
Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate. 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.
GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
A graphed timele of 1994-2015 of when gay marriage was legalized each state of the US, and when was banned. * which states are gay marriage legal *
”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.
STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
The first one began the 1970s, when gay upl would apply for marriage licens and many state judg at the time led that the unns were not prohibed.
SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
” The “mi-DOMAs, ” he noted, banned gay marriage fay s and state law, not the 1998, Hawaii beme the first state to pass a nstutnal amendment specifilly targetg same-sex marriage.