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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 ...
By late 2014, same-sex marriage had become legal in states that contained more than 70% of the United States population. In some jurisdictions legalization came through the action of state courts or the enactment of state legislation. More frequently it came as the result of the decisions of federal courts.
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 ...
Legalized same-sex marriage in Connecticut on November 12, 2008 Iowa: Varnum v. Brien: April 2009 7 0 Iowa Supreme Court rules that same-sex marriages must be legal in 27 days. [502] Yes Legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa on April 27, 2009 California: Strauss v. Horton: May 26, 2009 1 6
When same-sex marriage was legalized in the U.S., opponents said it would undermine traditional marriage and destabilize families. So what actually happened? Q&A: These researchers examined 20 ...
2 April: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. [383] 21 May: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. [384] 24 May: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Taiwan, the first Asian country to do so. [385] 11 June: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Mexican state of Hidalgo. [386]
As people’s understanding of the issues grew, so did their attitudes. According to Gallup polling, public support for gay marriage was 27% in 1996. The Massachusetts lawsuit took from 2001 to a ...
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