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]
- WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?
- FACTBOX: LIST OF STAT THAT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
- GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- THE 10 GAYEST STAT IN AMERI FOR 2020
GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
* gay marriage states list *
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In the years after Massachetts beme the first state to legally regnize same-sex marriage 2004, gay marriage legalizatn efforts picked up other 2011, there were around 168, 000 married same-sex upl the US.
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WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?
Twelve of the 50 U.S. stat pl Washgton, D.C., have legalized gay marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court was expected on Wednday to issue lgs two major s relatg to gay marriage. * gay marriage states list *
Sce mid-2009, six stat have approved gay marriage laws by passg laws state legislatur and three stat by ballot California, same-sex marriage was legal briefly 2008 followg a urt lg permtg . Supreme is a look at the stat that have approved gay ORDERS* MASSACHUSETTS - In 2003, Massachetts beme the first state to allow gay marriage after s hight urt led the state’s ban vlated the nstutnal rights of same-sex upl.
* NEW YORK - After a gay marriage bill failed New York’s Democratic-ntrolled Senate by a marg of 38 to 24 2009, advot retooled their strategy and applied prsure to lawmakers who had voted “no. * RHODE ISLAND - In 2013, after the state legislature and ernor approved a gay marriage bill, Rho Island beme the last of the New England stat to legalize same-sex marriage. Wrg for the urt, Jtice Kennedy said gay and lbian upl have a fundamental right to marry: “no unn is more profound than marriage, for embodi the hight ials of love, fily, votn, sacrifice, and fay, ” he wrote.
The next day, platiffs Montana filed the first challenge to the ban on gay marriage there, and the day after that, the same thg happened South Dakota — leavg North Dakota as the lone state wh a ban that hasn't been challenged. "There really is not another issue out there that has gaed so much support so fast, " said Charl Jough, natnal prs secretary for Human Rights Campaign, a civil rights anizatn that works for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr equal gas marriage equaly have been a victory for not jt gay upl, but for their sce Ben Wt and Pl Rummell of Portland, Ore., started fosterg an 8-year-old named Jay 2012, the ltle boy who had been passed om foster home to foster home had one qutn: "When am I gog to have a forever fay? "The lg brought validy to [Jay's] forever fay, that we as a society regnize his fay is important and that we're takg on the rponsibily to raise this child that didn't get the right start at life and we're makg sure that he has every opportuny to grow and be a wonrful, healthy person, " the 35-year-old Wt said, chokg Wt and Rummell met 2006, they've seen a huge change attus toward gay rights.
FACTBOX: LIST OF STAT THAT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE
The bans on gay marriage 13 stat across Ameri have been led unnstutnal. * gay marriage states list *
Gay marriage is allowed, and the public perceptnBis Oregon and Pennsylvania, the stat allow gay marriage: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Illois, Mae, Maryland, Massachetts, Mnota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexi, New York, Rho Island, Vermont, and other stat allow civil unns or domtic partnerships for same-sex upl: Colorado, Nevada and trend toward gay marriage has picked up steam. Meanwhile, judg 11 stat have issued lgs favor of same-sex marriage, but many of those lgs have been stayed as they proceed to appellate urts: Judg have stck down gay marriage bans Arkansas, Idaho, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Virgia. "Sce public opn on the issue is changg so much, the polics of whether mak sense to ntue spendg lns of dollars taxpayer money on this issue is changg, " said Jam Esseks, director of the ACLU Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr & AIDS the g months, five feral appeals urts will nsir ne marriage equaly s om Utah, Oklahoma, Nevada, Texas, Virgia, Tennsee, Kentucky, Oh and last summer's Supreme Court lg on the Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8, two historic marriage s, not a sgle state marriage ban has survived a feral urt challenge.
Challeng to gay marriage bans on the state level uld bee moot if the Supreme Court cis to take up the issue, predicted to happen as early as 2015, and strik down the laws. "There uld be a Supreme Court cisn sayg the Constutn requir every state to regnize gay marriage, " said Michael Klarman, a Harvard law school profsor and thor of "From the Closet to the Altar: Courts, Backlash, and the Stggle for Same-Sex Marriage.
Historilly, the state that polled the lowt public support for gay marriage was Mississippi, which voted agast gay marriage 86 percent to 14 percent 10 years ago, Klarman said. Clayton County "After marriage equaly passed the Supreme Court 2015, the next big victory was the lg that prohibed employment discrimatn agast gay and transgenr employe 2020, " explas Meyer. Sce the first same-sex marriag took place the Netherlands 2001, more than 30 other jurisdictns have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry, mostly Europe and the Ameris.
GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
Neteen stat pl Washgton, D.C., now allow gay marriage. Here is where the fight for marriage equaly the U.S. stands. * gay marriage states list *
Netherlands2001EuropeFirst untry to legalize same-sex marriage after Parliament passed the law December Zealand 2013Asia-PacificFirst untry the Asia-Pacific regn to allow gays and lbians to 2009EuropeThe law replaced a 1993 statute permtg civil unns.
Slovenia 2022EuropeFirst untry formerly munist Eastern Europe to legalize same-sex Ai 2006Sub-Saharan AiOnly Ain untry where same-sex marriage is legal; several untri on the ntent have passed laws that ban homosexualy recent 2005EuropeBeme the third untry globally to legalize same-sex marriage after a vote s closely divid 2009EuropeGay and lbian upl Swen prevly had been allowed to register for civil unns sce 1995. 1%) st ballots favor of legalizg same-sex marriage a 2021 2019Asia-PacificA urt lg prompted a change the law that ma Taiwan the first jurisdictn Asia to perm gays and lbians to Kgdom 2014EuropeLegal same-sex marriage took effect Northern Ireland 2020, six years after the change England and Wal. The Uned Kgdom’s Parliament London recently legalized same-sex marriage Northern Ireland, which had been the last UK nstuent untry to bar gay and lbian upl om marryg.
GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * gay marriage states list *
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THE 10 GAYEST STAT IN AMERI FOR 2020
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