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:
- STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE
- STATEMENTS OM LEARS THE 14 STAT THAT PREVLY DID NOT ALLOW GAY UPL TO WED
- WHICH STAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE?
- SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
- IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL ALL 50 STAT?
- GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
STATE-BY-STATE HISTORY OF BANNG AND LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE
* states not allowing gay marriage *
Supreme Court led all state bans on same-sex marriage unnstutnal, allowg gay and lbian upl to marry natnwi. The rmatn below reflects the stat of gay marriage natnwi on June 25, 2015, the day prr to the Supreme Court’s cisn.
3, 2015, the Alabama Supreme Court orred the state’s 68 probate judg to stop issug marriage licens to same-sex upl, spe an earlier feral urt lg that stck down the state’s gay marriage ban, and the US Supreme Court’s cisn to allow same-sex marriag to proceed the state. Stat where gay marriage bans had been overturned, but where appeals were progrs prr to the June 26, 2015 Supreme Court lg. ARKANSAS – On May 9, 2014, Arkansas’ gay marriage ban was led unnstutnal by Pulaski County Circu Judge Chris Piazza.
GAY MARRIAGE
A graphed timele of 1994-2015 of when gay marriage was legalized each state of the US, and when was banned. * states not allowing gay marriage *
Arkansas had prevly banned gay marriage by both state law and voter-approved nstutnal amendment.
STATEMENTS OM LEARS THE 14 STAT THAT PREVLY DID NOT ALLOW GAY UPL TO WED
The bans on gay marriage 13 stat across Ameri have been led unnstutnal. * states not allowing gay marriage *
The Supreme Court effectively halted gay marriag om takg place, however, by notg that while Judge Piazza’s lg had stck down both the nstutnal amendment and the state law, had not affected an addnal state law prohibg unty clerks om issug same-sex marriage licens. On May 15, 2014, Judge Piazza expand his lg to strike down the addnal law and any other measur that ma gay marriage illegal, but on May 16, 2014 the State Supreme Court spend that lg, haltg all gay marriag wh the state. 25, 2014, US District Judge Kriste Baker led the state’s gay marriage ban unnstutnal, but stayed her own lg, pendg expected appeals.
Heyburn II led that Kentucky’s nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage vlat the equal protectn clse the US Constutn.
6, 2014, a three-judge panel of the Sixth US Circu Court of Appeals overturned Judge Heyburn’s lg 2-1, th upholdg the state’s gay marriage ban.
WHICH STAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE?
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. * states not allowing gay marriage *
16, 2015, Frankl County Circu Judge Thomas Wgate led the state’s gay marriage ban unnstutnal, but put his lg on hold, pendg the Supreme Court’s cisn. 6, 2014, a three-judge panel of the Sixth US Circu Court of Appeals overturned Judge Friedman’s lg 2-1, th upholdg the state’s gay marriage ban.
25, 2014, US District Judge Carlton Reev led the state’s gay marriage ban unnstutnal, but stayed his own lg, pendg expected appeals. Louis Circu Judge Rex Burlison led that the state’s gay marriage ban is unnstutnal. 2, 2015, US District Judge Joseph Bataillon clared Nebraska’s gay marriage ban unnstutnal, scribg as an “unabashedly genr-specific gement of the equal rights of s cizens.
12, 2015, US District Judge Karen Schreier led South Dakota’s gay marriage ban unnstutnal, statg that “Platiffs have a fundamental right to marry… South Dakota law priv them of that right solely bee they are same-sex upl and whout sufficient jtifitn. 19, 2015, two At women were married after state District Judge David Wahlberg orred an exceptn be ma to Texas’ gay marriage ban bee one of the women had been diagnosed wh ovarian ncer.
SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
Gay marriage licens are given, only some stat of the U.S.A. Scroll below, to learn which stat are the. * states not allowing gay marriage *
Associated Prs, “Jtice Kennedy Blocks Gay Marriage Rulg for Idaho, Nevada, ”, Oct.
IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL ALL 50 STAT?
Proponents ntend that gay marriage bans are discrimatory and unnstutnal, opponents ague that marriage is primarily for procreatn. * states not allowing gay marriage *
Curt Anrson, “Feral Judge Rul Florida Gay Marriage Ban Unnstutnal, but Delays Issug of Licens, ”, Aug. Andrew DeMillo and Christiana Huynh, “Judge Strik All Arkansas Bans on Gay Marriage, ”, May 15, 2014. Zachary Fagenson, “State Judge Strik Down Florida’s Gay Marriage Ban, Stays Rulg, ”, July 25, 2014.
Lawrence Hurley, “Supreme Court Allows Gay Marriage to Proceed South Carola, ”, Nov. Chuck Lll, “Travis County Clerk Issu First Legal Gay Marriage License Texas, ” At Amerin-Statman webse, Feb.
GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
Michael Mkal and Mra Dolan, “As Colorado Issu Gay Marriage Licens, 9th Circu Jos Chos, ”, Oct. Evan Perez and Tom Cohen, “Holr: Government to Regnize Michigan Gay Marriag, ”, Mar. Jordan Steffen, “Adams Judge Toss Colorado Gay Marriage Ban but Stays Rulg, ”, July 9, 2014.
Jordan Steffen and John Ingold, “Colorado Supreme Court Puts Halt to Boulr Gay Marriage Licens, ”, July 30, 2014. Jason Ste and Patrick Marley, “Court Rul agast Wisns’s, Indiana’s Gay Marriage Bans, ” Milwkee-Wisns Journal-Sentel, Sep.
Michael Wter, “Utah to Appeal Gay Marriage Case to Supreme Court, ”, July 9, 2014.