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Same-sex marriage is legal in all states and the District of Columbia through the landmark 2015 ruling Obergefell v. Hodges. ... 'Watch us share our stories': New LGBTQ+ theater troupe, ...
The 2024 GOP platform removed explicit mentions of same-sex marriage, saying only "Republicans will promote a Culture that values the Sanctity of Marriage, the blessings of childhood, the ...
The Respect for Marriage Act repeals a provision in the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that allowed states to discriminate against same-sex couples, and says that “an individual shall be ...
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2025, marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 37 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).
A newlywed same-sex couple celebrate their marriage in New Orleans in 2017.. The history of same-sex marriage in the United States dates from the early 1970s, when the first lawsuits seeking legal recognition of same-sex relationships brought the question of civil marriage rights and benefits for same-sex couples to public attention, though they proved unsuccessful. [10]
The first legal same-sex marriage ceremony in the United States happened on February 12, 2004 between Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, when mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom ordered city hall to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. This decision resulted in the celebration of the first gay marriage in the United States, when Martin and ...
The law repeals a provision of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, that allowed states to discriminate against same-sex couples, adding that “an individual shall be considered married if ...
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 ...