Timele provid by « Return to the gay marriage issue page A history of same-sex marriage laws Important events are listed red 1993
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GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE
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Montana Supreme Court l that the gay and lbian partners of Montana Universy employe have the same right to health surance benefs as their heterosexual unterparts. Arizona be the first state to reject at the ballot box a state nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage and other benefs for unmarried upl. Michigan appeals urt l that state’s ban on gay marriage prohibs state and lol ernments and public universi om offerg health benefs to partners same-sex relatnships.
IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
Massachetts lawmakers uphold the state’s urt-imposed gay marriage law, protectg om nstutnal ban for at least five years.
California Supreme Court hears oral arguments se termg whether the state’s domtic partnership law aquately fulfills the equal rights of gay upl. Sometim a woman may have been a heterosexual relatnship for years and yet feel somethg is somehow "off;" and she may fd herself askg, "Is my hband gay? " Many women fd this qutn unthkable but acrdg to Bonnie Kaye,, an expert women married to gay men, is timated that 4 ln women have been, or are, married to gay men.