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 STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
- GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
- STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
- WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?
- GAY MARRIAGE
GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
* how many states allow gay marriage in 2015 *
Supreme Court led all state bans on same-sex marriage unnstutnal, allowg gay and lbian upl to marry natnwi. Over the last two years, the number of stat thorizg gay marriage had expand rapidly bee of legislative cisns, referendums or urt orrs. Gay Marriage State by State: From a Few Stat to the Whole Natn.
In 2004, Massachetts beme the first state to issue marriage licens to gay and lbian upl.
GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
The bans on gay marriage 13 stat across Ameri have been led unnstutnal. * how many states allow gay marriage in 2015 *
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.
STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
A graphed timele of 1994-2015 of when gay marriage was legalized each state of the US, and when was banned. * how many states allow gay marriage in 2015 *
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.
WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?
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.
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?
GAY MARRIAGE
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.