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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 Respect for Marriage Act passed 61-36 and will next go to the House, which has already passed it once but needs to do so again to approve changes made in the Senate, and then to President ...
Trump's stance on gay marriage has varied over the years. Trump expressed support for domestic partnerships in an interview he did with The Advocate in 2000, as reported by CBS News .
Adoption of marriage amendments over time. Prior to the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v.Hodges (2015), U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions of several different types passed, banning legal recognition of same-sex unions in U.S. state constitutions, referred to by proponents as "defense of marriage amendments" or "marriage protection amendments."
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]