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  2. Timeline of same-sex marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Same-sex marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 December 2024. Jack Baker and Michael McConnell (r), the first same-sex couple ever legally married in the United States (in 1971), at their Minneapolis home, 1970 Part of the LGBTQ rights series Legal status of same-sex unions Marriage Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Chile ...

  4. Timeline of same-sex marriage - Wikipedia

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    20 May: Same-sex civil unions become legal in Italy after the President of Italy signs the bill into law. 20 May: Same sex marriage becomes legal in the Mexican state of Campeche, following a 34–1 vote. [338] 12 June: Same sex marriage becomes legal in the Mexican state of Colima, following a 24–0 vote. [339]

  5. History of same-sex marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The issue of marriage had enough appeal within the gay and lesbian community that in April 1993, as part of the demonstrations surrounding the gay rights march in Washington, D.C., about 1,500 same-sex couples staged a mass wedding ceremony with "a dozen ministers, organ music, photographers and rice" at the National Museum of Natural History ...

  6. Supreme Court effectively legalizes same-sex marriage in 11 ...

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    The remaining 20 states banning gay marriage will likely also be bound to appeals courts decisions should their bans be overturned. The unions are now legal in a total of 30 states, plus the ...

  7. Why America changed its mind on same-sex marriage - AOL

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    Opposition to same-sex marriage has become increasingly difficult to rationalize “Though there seems to be no single ‘gay gene,’ scientists in the field generally affirm a role for genetics ...

  8. Timeline of LGBTQ history in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Stonewall Inn in the gay village of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, site of the June 28, 1969 Stonewall riots, the cradle of the modern LGBTQ rights movement. [1] [2] [3]This is a timeline of notable events in the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community in the United States.

  9. Same-sex marriage legislation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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]