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 BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
- WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?
- GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
- FACTBOX: LIST OF STAT THAT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE
- STAT WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL (INFOGRAPHIC)
GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
* states where gay marriage is recognized *
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.
WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?
The bans on gay marriage 13 stat across Ameri have been led unnstutnal. * states where gay marriage is recognized *
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 STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
Neteen stat pl Washgton, D.C., now allow gay marriage. Here is where the fight for marriage equaly the U.S. stands. * states where gay marriage is recognized *
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.
FACTBOX: LIST OF STAT THAT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE
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 where gay marriage is recognized *
The followg stat have not legalized gay marriage:. Supreme Court led all state bans on same-sex marriage unnstutnal, allowg gay and lbian upl to marry natnwi. 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.
STAT WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL (INFOGRAPHIC)
Thirty-seven stat have legalized gay marriage, wh rtrictns Kansas, Missouri, and Alabama. 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. 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.
Attorney General Eric Holr announced Saturday that the feral ernment would regnize the marriag of same-sex upl six addnal stat - Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carola, Wt Virgia, and Wyomg - brgg the total number of stat which same-sex marriag are ferally regnized to 32, pl the District of announcement means that gay upl married those stat n now qualify for a variety of feral benefs, cludg Social Secury and veterans' benefs. Over the last two years, the number of stat thorizg gay marriage had expand rapidly bee of legislative cisns, referendums or urt orrs.