A graphed timele of 1994-2015 of when gay marriage was legalized each state of the US, and when was banned.
Contents:
- THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
- STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE
THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
One of the leadg proponents of same-sex marriag was the Print of the untry, Crista Fernánz Kirchner, who nstantly fought for regnn of the rights of the homosexuals, though agast the will of the Roman Catholic Church.
Swen was th one of the first few untri to signate legally regnized partnership rights to gay upl the mid 1990s, and also allowed such upl to adopt children as early as 2002. The Church of Norway was spl on this issue of gay marriage legalizatn 2013, but, 2015, the General Synod of the Church of Norway voted favor of offerg servic to same sex marriage ceremoni. Followg years of heated bat and signifint protts by Belgian gay-rights anizatns, upled wh the risg acceptance of gay rights among the Belgian muny, the bill legalizg gay marriag were fally approved by 91 of the 122 puti of the Belgian Parliament’s lower hoe.
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
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. The Supreme Court effectively halted gay marriag om takg place, however, by notg that while Judge Piazza’s lg had stck down both the nstutnal amendment and the state law, had not affected an addnal state law prohibg unty clerks om issug same-sex marriage licens. On May 15, 2014, Judge Piazza expand his lg to strike down the addnal law and any other measur that ma gay marriage illegal, but on May 16, 2014 the State Supreme Court spend that lg, haltg all gay marriag wh the state.
12, 2015, US District Judge Karen Schreier led South Dakota’s gay marriage ban unnstutnal, statg that “Platiffs have a fundamental right to marry… South Dakota law priv them of that right solely bee they are same-sex upl and whout sufficient jtifitn.
STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
19, 2015, two At women were married after state District Judge David Wahlberg orred an exceptn be ma to Texas’ gay marriage ban bee one of the women had been diagnosed wh ovarian ncer.
GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE
Reporters wrote about what Fortunato and Schwandt lled a holy unn, which was ntroversial not bee there was talk of legalizg gay marriage but bee the two men publicly ask for -- and were nied -- the blsg of the Epispal Church. "The New York State Court of Appeals clar that a lbian or gay uple livg together for a least ten years n be nsired a fay for purpos of rent ntrol protectn, the first time a state's hight urt l that a gay uple n be lled a fay...