A graphed timele of 1994-2015 of when gay marriage was legalized each state of the US, and when was banned.
Contents:
- GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
- STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE
- STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
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. * states that did not legalize 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.
A state urt judge led November that Missouri’s 2004 nstutnal ban on gay marriage was illegal. Gay marriage, also known as same-sex marriage, is the marriage of people of the same sex or genr.
STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
* states that did not legalize gay marriage *
Gay marriag ma progrs the 1980s, when Berkeley, California, pass the untry’s first domtic partnership law. Massachetts beme the first state to legalize gay marriage 2003. California and Connecticut legalized gay marriage 2008, followed by Iowa, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
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.
GAY MARRIAGE
The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry. * states that did not legalize 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.
The followg stat have not legalized gay marriage:. Supreme Court led all state bans on same-sex marriage unnstutnal, allowg gay and lbian upl to marry natnwi. Stat & DC Have Legal Gay Marriage.
The rmatn below reflects the stat of gay marriage natnwi on June 25, 2015, the day prr to the Supreme Court’s cisn. 3, 2015, the Alabama Supreme Court orred the state’s 68 probate judg to stop issug marriage licens to same-sex upl, spe an earlier feral urt lg that stck down the state’s gay marriage ban, and the US Supreme Court’s cisn to allow same-sex marriag to proceed the state.
STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
Washgton, DC legalized gay marriage on Mar.
Stat where gay marriage bans had been overturned, but where appeals were progrs prr to the June 26, 2015 Supreme Court lg. ARKANSAS – On May 9, 2014, Arkansas’ gay marriage ban was led unnstutnal by Pulaski County Circu Judge Chris Piazza.