Missouri votes to ban same-sex marriage. Washington state says yes to same-sex marriage in a court decision while the California Supreme Court voids same-sex marriages. Several states pass initiatives to ban same-sex marriages.
California's legislature attempts to pass a law legalizing same-sex unions but it is vetoed by the governor. Connecticut becomes the second state to approve same-sex unions. This leads to California voters approving a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Florida and Arizona voters do the same. Vermont's legislature legalizes same-sex marriages. Maine and New Hampshire follow suit, though Maine voters later repeal the state law allowing same-sex marriage.
New York legalizes same-sex marriage. Washington state, Maine, and Maryland legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote. Dennis Damon, left, hands Gov. John Baldacci the bill that the state Senate passed to affirm the right of same-sex couples to marry. Amy Klein-Matheny, left, and her wife, Jennifer, exchange vows in Iowa after same-sex couples were allowed to marry there with an April 3, , court ruling.
The two wed in after Massachusetts approved same-sex marriage. Massachusetts was the first state to do so. Story highlights Rulings in favor of allowing same-sex marriage are under review in eight of the 13 states The U. Supreme Court could settle the issue for good when it rules this year. But since the U. Supreme Court's ruling invalidating part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, same-sex marriage rights have surged forward nationwide.
In some cases, such as in Illinois, Hawaii, Minnesota and New York, lawmakers opened the doors voluntarily. In others -- most recently Alabama -- it's been state or federal judges forcing the toehold long sought by gay rights advocates and bitterly contested by those who argue marriage is an institution reserved solely for one man and one woman. More Videos As the dominoes fall in favor of same-sex marriages, the question now seems to be which state will be the last to allow such unions?
That's assuming, of course, that the U. Supreme Court doesn't get there first by this June, when it is expected to issue its ruling on such bans in four states this spring. Here's the situation in the 13 states that currently ban same-sex marriages, including eight in which court rulings in favor of allowing same-sex marriage are under review:.
Read More. The state's constitutional ban on gay marriage, passed in , was struck down twice last year -- once by a state court judge and again by a U. District Court judge. Local officials issued some marriage licenses following the state court decision, but the state Supreme Court blocked the issuance of more licenses pending its review of the case.
A decision could come soon. Georgia is one of just three states with no legislative action or pending legal decisions whatsoever on same-sex marriage. The others are North Dakota and Nebraska.
However, lawsuits are pending to overturn the state's ban. Jindal: Marriage is between a man and woman. Jindal: Marriage is between a man and woman The state's ban is being challenged in state court, where a judge last year ruled the law is unconstitutional, and in federal court, where a U. District Court judge took the rare step, for a federal judge, of backing such a ban. The ban remains in place pending Louisiana's appeal of the state court ruling. On the federal level, a ruling is pending out of the U.
Legalization came through state courts, the enactment of state legislation, or the result of the decisions of federal courts until On November 6, , Maine , Maryland , and Washington became the first states to legalize gay marriage through a popular vote. On June 26, , in the landmark case of Obergefell vs. Hodges, the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for states to ban same-sex marriages. As of , 37 U.
Alabama , Missouri , and Alabama have done so with restrictions. After the state legislature passed the measure, Governor Jim Douglas vetoed it. Legislators then voted to override his veto. Because the District of Columbia is not a state, the legislation required congressional approval.
In early , efforts to block the law were unsuccessful and it took effect that March. The law takes effect on August 1.
The law takes effect on July 1.
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