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A newlywed same-sex couple celebrate their marriage in New Orleans in 2017.. The history of same-sex marriage in the United States dates from the early 1970s, when the first lawsuits seeking legal recognition of same-sex relationships brought the question of civil marriage rights and benefits for same-sex couples to public attention, though they proved unsuccessful. [10]
History of same-sex marriage legal status, 1971-2015, with influential legal decisions. Plot shows proportion of US states and the District of Columbia with: historical/traditional definition of marriage (gray); legislation enacted to ban same-sex marriage (blue); constitutional bans on same-sex marriage (yellow, includes states that also have legislative ban); statewide legal same-sex ...
Same-sex marriage 19 2 27 14 Advanced: March/May 2019 19 2 37 2 Placed on Ballot: November 2020 Referendum (62.4%) Yes Virginia: February 2021 Same-sex marriage, civil union and any marriage-like contract between unmarried persons 24 12 60 33 Advanced: 2022 25 14 - - No California: 2023 Same-sex marriage 31 0 67 0 Placed on Ballot: Referendum ...
Vermont was the first state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage through legislative means rather than litigation. On June 3, 2009, New Hampshire by enacting legislation became the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage, [55] effective January 1, 2010. [56]
When same-sex marriage was legalized in the U.S., opponents said it would undermine traditional marriage and destabilize families. ... in the last 20 years of the decision to legalize marriage for ...
By RYAN GORMAN The Supreme Court effectively made same-sex marriage legal Monday in 11 additional states. The nation's highest court declined to review petitions from lower courts whose ...
Their marriage on May 17, 2004, cemented their commitment to each other, gave them legal protection, and spread the story of their love in ever widening circles, like ripples from a stone hitting ...
This article summarizes the same-sex marriage laws of states in the United States. Via the case Obergefell v.Hodges on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage in a decision that applies nationwide, with the exception of American Samoa and sovereign tribal nations.