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.
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GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
* what states do not allow 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.
STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
A state urt judge led November that Missouri’s 2004 nstutnal ban on gay marriage was illegal.