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.
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- STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS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]
* 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.
FACTBOX: LIST OF STAT THAT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE
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.
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.
STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
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. 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.