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
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
- STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
* the 13 states that ban gay marriage *
Gay marriage, also known as same-sex marriage, is the marriage of people of the same sex or genr. Gay marriag ma progrs the 1980s, when Berkeley, California, pass the untry’s first domtic partnership law.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
A graphed timele of 1994-2015 of when gay marriage was legalized each state of the US, and when was banned. * the 13 states that ban gay marriage *
Massachetts beme the first state to legalize gay marriage 2003. California and Connecticut legalized gay marriage 2008, followed by Iowa, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
On November 6, 2012, Mae, Maryland, and Washgton beme the first stat to legalize gay marriage through a popular vote.
Dpe this, not all stat are abidg and have enacted nstutnal or statutory bans on gay marriage known as “Defense of Marriage” acts. Gay Marriage by State.
Stat and the District of Columbia have legalized gay marriage. In the 2020 electn, Nevada beme the first state to regnize gay marriage a state nstutn. Below are the stat that have legalized gay marriage the orr which they legalized.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
The followg stat have not legalized gay marriage:. 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. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circu later overturned the lg, restatg gay marriage bans Kentucky and four other stat.
GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
A state urt judge led November that Missouri’s 2004 nstutnal ban on gay marriage was illegal. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage.
STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years 2020, Nevada beme the first state to ensure the right to same-sex marriage s state nstutn. Axs, "Ted Cz latt Republin to ph back agast SCOTUS' gay marriage lg, " July 17, 2022. In the five years sce the Massachetts cisn, 26 stat have amend their nstutns to ban gay marriage.