The bans on gay marriage 13 stat across Ameri have been led unnstutnal.
Contents:
- WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?
- HERE’S THE STAT OF GAY MARRIAGE IN ALL 50 STAT
- IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL ALL 50 STAT?
WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?
* are gay marriages legal in all 50 states *
In a landmark cisn, the ne jtic of the US Supreme Court led that the US Constutn guarante marriage as a right for all, cludg gay and lbian upl. 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. Comparg that evolutn to society's views of gays and lbians, Kennedy noted that for years, "a tthful claratn by same-sex upl of what was their hearts had to rema unspoken.
Gay and lbian upl now have the right to marry, jt like anyone else. Together, they volve a dozen upl who challenged same-sex marriage bans Oh, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennsee — the only stat wh bans on marriage between gay and lbian upl that had been staed by a feral appeals urt. Before Friday's lg, gay marriage had already been ma legal 37 stat and the District of Columbia — by eher legislative or voter actn or by feral urts that overturned state' bans.
HERE’S THE STAT OF GAY MARRIAGE IN ALL 50 STAT
As NPR's Na Totenberg reported when the Supreme Court heard the current se back April, nservative jtic had poted qutns for the attorneys: "Jtice Slia asked whether misters would be able to refe to marry two gay men. He said, but that uld happen — uld happen that a mister would be forced to marry two gay men, vlatn of his beliefs. "Jtice Alo asked, well then why not marry four gay men together?
The urt noted the change thkg, statg: "Well to the 20th century, many Stat nmned same-sex timacy as immoral, and homosexualy was treated as an illns. Qutns about the legal treatment of gays and lbians soon reached the urts, where they uld be discsed the formal disurse of the law. Ernment to provi the same benefs to both gay and heterosexual upl.
It also requir stat and the feral ernment to rpect gay marriag the stat where is the seven years sce the Obergefell cisn, same-sex marriag have bee more mon, but the chang have differed by has the number of same-sex marriag changed over time? 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. Here’s the legal stat of gay marriage all 50 stat, a day after the Supreme Court one fell swoop effectively raised the number of stat where the practice is legal om 19 to 30, addn to Washgton, D.
IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL ALL 50 STAT?
WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL (And when was legalized):. — HAWAII (2013) — The state Legislature legalized gay marriage last year, and upl ntue to marry.
6, 2014) — The Amerin Civil Liberti Unn says the Supreme Court cisn the 10th Circu s affects Kansas bee ’s that circu; the group plans to seek a feral urt lg to block Kansas’ nstutnal ban on gay marriage. — MASSACHUSETTS (2004) — The first state to legalize gay marriage.