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Pennsylvania had previously prohibited the recognition of same-sex marriage by statute since 1996, but had never added such a ban to its State Constitution. Efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania in 2009 and 2013 were unsuccessful due to opposition from conservative members of the General Assembly.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania enjoy most of the same rights as non-LGBTQ people. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Pennsylvania. Same-sex couples and families headed by same-sex couples are eligible for all of the protections available to opposite-sex married couples.
Whitewood v. Wolf is the federal lawsuit that successfully challenged the Pennsylvania Marriage Laws, [a] as amended in 1996 to ban same-sex marriage.The district court's decision in May 2014 held that the Marriage Laws violated the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the United States Constitution.
Doug Alexander, right, hugs Joe Woolley during a gay marriage celebration at Legislative Plaza on June 26, 2015, after the U.S. Supreme Court officially recognized the legal authority for same-sex ...
The United States Senate on Tuesday night passed the landmark Respect for Marriage Act, which will codify same-sex and interracial The post U.S. Senate passes the Respect for Marriage Act.
House Democrats and a sizable group of Republicans voted Tuesday to pass legislation that would codify same-sex marriage into federal law and bolster other marriage protections.
In 1996, the United States Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed Public Law 104–199, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Section 3 of DOMA defines "marriage" and "spouse" for purposes of both federal law and any ruling, regulation, or interpretation by an administrative bureau or agency of the United States government. [1]
Constitutional bans on same-sex unions were advocated in response to the legalization of same-sex marriage in other jurisdictions, notably Canada and Massachusetts.. Some amendments and some proposed amendments forbade a state from recognizing even non-marital civil unions and domestic partnerships, while others explicitly allowed for same-sex unions that were not called "marriages".