The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry.
Contents:
- GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
- FACTBOX: LIST OF STAT THAT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE
- STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
Twelve of the 50 U.S. stat pl Washgton, D.C., have legalized gay marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court was expected on Wednday to issue lgs two major s relatg to gay marriage. * states that have allowed gay marriage *
Gay marriage, also known as same-sex marriage, is the marriage of people of the same sex or genr.
Gay marriag ma progrs the 1980s, when Berkeley, California, pass the untry’s first domtic partnership law. Massachetts beme the first state to legalize gay marriage 2003. California and Connecticut legalized gay marriage 2008, followed by Iowa, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
On November 6, 2012, Mae, Maryland, and Washgton beme the first stat to legalize gay marriage through a popular vote. Dpe this, not all stat are abidg and have enacted nstutnal or statutory bans on gay marriage known as “Defense of Marriage” acts.
FACTBOX: LIST OF STAT THAT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE
Gay Marriage by State. Stat and the District of Columbia have legalized gay marriage. In the 2020 electn, Nevada beme the first state to regnize gay marriage a state nstutn.
Below are the stat that have legalized gay marriage the orr which they legalized. The followg stat have not legalized gay marriage:.
The first lawsus volvg same-sex marriage, also lled gay marriage, started the 1970s, brgg the qutn of civil marriage rights for same-sex upl to public attentn. Del Mart and Phyllis Lyon bee the first gay uple to marry and receive official regnn after beg together for 50 years. Thirty-seven stat have legalized gay marriage, wh rtrictns Kansas, Missouri, and Alabama.
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. A state urt judge led November that Missouri’s 2004 nstutnal ban on gay marriage was illegal. 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.
STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
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.