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As of 2020, 37 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have legalized gay marriage. Alabama , Missouri , and Alabama have done so with restrictions. Thirteen U.S. states have a ban on same-sex marriage; however, eight of these states have court rulings in favor of allowing same-sex marriage.
As of 2015, same-sex marriage is now federally legal in all fifty states due to a ruling from the Supreme Court. However, in the aftermath of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling, statutory or constitutional bans on same-sex marriages have received renewed attention over its applicability should Obergefell be overturned. [1] [2]
According to Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee research earlier this year, 32 states have same-sex marriage bans in their state constitutions and/or legislation, and some 205 million...
The high court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry in all 50 states. States cannot keep same-sex couples from marrying and must recognize their unions, the Supreme Court...
The availability of legally recognized same-sex marriage in the United States expanded from one state (Massachusetts) in 2004 to all fifty states in 2015 through various court rulings, state legislation, and direct popular votes.
In a landmark decision, the nine justices of the US Supreme Court ruled that the US Constitution guarantees marriage as a right for all, including gay and lesbian couples. And when the US...
Of the 50 states, Delaware and Massachusetts have the highest proportion of married couple households identifying as same-sex. Data isn’t available at the city level for same-sex marriages, but same-sex households overall tend to live in cities at higher rates.