Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry.
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GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE
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. * timeline of legalization of gay marriage *
The same thg happens 7, 2006: Constutnal amendments banng gay marriage are passed seven more 15, 2008: California Supreme Court strik down a state law banng same-sex marriage, and gay upl beg marryg a month 10, 2008: Connecticut Supreme Court legaliz same-sex 4, 2008: California voters approve Proposn 8, which bans gays and lbians om 3, 2009: Iowa Supreme Court legaliz same-sex 7, 2009: Vermont Legislature overris Gov. Mart O'Malley signs law legalizg gay marriage, if voters go along 9, 2012: Print Obama be the first stg print to announce his support for same-sex 31, 2012: A feral appeals urt New England upholds lower urt lgs agast the Defense of Marriage 6, 2012: A feral district judge New York be the fifth to le agast the Defense of Marriage Act.
Mark Dayton signs same-sex marriage 26, 2013: Supreme Court strik down a key sectn of the Defense of Marriage Act and dismiss the challenge to the Proposn 8 lg, makg same-sex marriage legal once aga 21, 2013: New Jersey Supreme Court legaliz gay marriage, and Gov.
District Judge Richard Young strik down Indiana's same-sex marriage ban, and upl beg marryg that 1, 2014: The Kentucky urt lg on out-of-state marriag is expand to legalize all gay marriag the state, but 's layed while on 9, 2014: Colorado District Judge Stt Crabtree strik down the state's gay marriage ban, and the lg is appealed to the state Supreme Court.
GAY MARRIAGE
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. * timeline of legalization of gay marriage *
The lg is later appealed to the Supreme 6, 2014: Supreme Court ref to hear state appeals om Utah, Oklahoma, Virgia, Indiana and Wisns, pavg the way for gay marriage six other stat that fall wh those feral circus -- Colorado, Kansas, North Carola, South Carola, Wt Virgia and 7, 2014: U. "Rabbis belongg to the biggt and most liberal branch of Judaism the Uned Stat have voted to regnise the partnerships of gay and lbian Central Conference of Amerin Rabbis, which is part of the Jewish Reform movement, has agreed to sanctn relig ceremoni for same-sex Print of the Conference, Rabbi Charl Kroloff, said that gay and lbian people served the regnn and rpect due to people created the image of God. 'In view of the substance and signifince of the fundamental nstutnal right to form a fay relatnship, ' he wrote, 'the California Constutn properly mt be terpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual, and to same-sex upl as well as to oppose-sex upl.
GAY RIGHTS
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * timeline of legalization of gay marriage *
Proposn 8 was the most expensive proposn on any ballot the natn this year, wh more than $74 ln spent by both measure's most fervent proponents believed that nothg ls than the future of tradnal fai was at stake, while opponents believed that they were fightg for the fundamental right of gay people to be treated equally unr the years ago, Californians voted 61% to fe marriage as beg only between a man and a California Supreme Court overturned that measure, Proposn 22, s May 15 cisn legalizg same-sex marriage on the grounds that the state Constutn required equal treatment of gay and lbian upl.
TIMELE: TIMELE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE UNED STAT
* timeline of legalization of gay marriage *
Cuomo signed the measure after passed a Republin-ntrolled Senate on Friday night [June 24, 2011], raisg qutns as to whether the move reflects new momentum the gay rights said the law will grant same-sex upl equal rights to marry 'as well as hundreds of rights, benefs and protectns that are currently limed to married upl of the oppose sex. Print history to fully embrace that level of civil rights for ’s announcement gave an immediate jolt to the s-long movement for gay equaly at a moment when a growg number of stat are movg to ban — or legalize — same-sex unns and as polls show a majory of Amerins support marriage rights.
"Voters Mae and Maryland approved same-sex marriage on a day of electn rults that jubilant gay rights advot lled a historic turng pot, the first time that marriage for gay men and lbians has been approved at the ballot Mnota, another first, voters rejected a proposal to amend the State Constutn to fe marriage as between a man and a woman, a measure that has been enshred the nstutns of 30 stat. "The Supreme Court stck down a key part of the feral Defense of Marriage Act on Wednday and clared that same-sex upl who are legally married serve equal rights to the benefs unr feral law that go to all other married cisn is a landmark w for the gay rights movement. "The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal over same-sex marriage on jurisdictnal grounds, lg Wednday private parti do not have 'standg' to fend California's voter-approved ballot measure barrg gay and lbian upl om state-sanctned lg clears the way for same-sex marriag California to 5-4 cisn avoids, for now, a sweepg ncln on whether same-sex marriage is a nstutnal 'equal protectn' right that would apply to all issue was whether the Constutn's guarantee of equal protectn unr the law prevents stat om fg marriage to exclu same-sex upl, and whether a state n revoke same-sex marriage through referendum, as California did, once already has been a majory of the Supreme Court opted not to le on those issu.
"All legally married same-sex upl will be regnized for feral tax purpos no matter what state they live , the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department announced Thursday a change that will affect numero upl stat that have not permted gay change policy follows the Supreme Court's cisn June overturng a key provisn of the Defense of Marriage Act that barred the feral ernment om regnizg same-sex marriag for purpos such as surance benefs, immigratn and tax new approach 'provis accs to benefs, rponsibili and protectns unr feral tax law that all Amerins serve, ' Treasury Secretary Jab J. "A tough ban on same-sex relatnships that threatens vlators wh 14-year prison terms has been quietly signed to law by the print of Nigeria, Ai’s most populo natn, a step that rights advot have long feared not only as a reprsn aimed at gays but as an afont to basic eedoms of speech and ban, known as the Same Sex Marriage Prohibn Act, was passed by Parliament May but was not signed by the print, Goodluck Jonathan, until Jan.