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• FACTBOX: LIST OF STAT THAT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE

FACTBOX: LIST OF STAT THAT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE

On July 1, 2000, Vermont beme the first state the untry to legally regnize civil unns between gay or lbian upl.

1999, which led that nyg gay upl the benefs of marriage was unnstutnal discrimatn, the ground-breakg law grants the same state benefs, civil rights, and protectns to same-sex upl as to married upl.

Hawaii the First to Raise the Issue Vermont was not the first state to attempt socially progrsive legislatn benefg gays.

Same-Sex Marriage Ban 32 Stat The progrsive Vermont law stands stark ntrast to the antigay marriage laws of more than 32 stat and the feral ernment. Jt months before passage of the Vermont law, California-wh an eighth of the Uned Stat' populatn-voted agast regnn of gay unns.

The Amerin Gay Rights Movement: A Timele. C., have legalized gay marriage.

Supreme Court was expected on Wednday to issue lgs two major s relatg to gay first three stat to allow gay marriage did so bee of urt lgs permtg , rather than through legislative actn or puttg the issue to voters to ci.

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 . Later that year, voters approved Proposn 8, which banned gay marriage. 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.

LEGISLATIVE ACTION* VERMONT - In 2009, Vermont beme the first state to legalize gay marriage by legislative means. Vermont 2000 had bee the first state to allow civil unns for gay upl. * NEW HAMPSHIRE - Two years after New Hampshire began allowg same-sex upl to enter to civil unns, the state approved gay marriage 2009.

Pal voted to legalize gay marriage.

* 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. ROME — The Vatin says Pope Francis’ ments on gay civil unns were taken out of ntext a documentary that spliced together parts of an old terview, but still nfirmed Francis’ belief that gay upl should enjoy legal Vatin secretariat of state issued guidance to ambassadors to expla the uproar that Francis’ ments created followg the Oct. Instead, he favored extendg legal protectns to gay upl unr what is unrstood Argenta as a civil unn Francis was known to have taken that posn privately, he had never articulated his support while as pope.

The document, signed by Francis’ precsor as pope, says the church’s support for gay people “nnot lead any way to approval of homosexual behavr or to legal regnn of homosexual unns.