A stay on same-sex marriages in California remains in place until the issue is exhausted in the courts. November 6, - Voters in Maryland, Washington and Maine pass referendums legalizing same-sex marriage. This is the first time same-sex marriage has been approved by a popular vote in the United States.
Voters in Minnesota reject a ban on the issue. Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Washington the following day. December 7, - The US Supreme Court announces it will hear two constitutional challenges to state and federal laws dealing with the recognition of gay and lesbian couples to legally wed.
Oral arguments in the appeal are held in March , with a ruling expected by late June. January 25, - The Rhode Island House of Representatives passes a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. On May 2, , Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee signs the bill legalizing the marriages after the state legislature approves the measure , and the law goes into effect in August May 7, - Delaware legalizes same-sex marriage.
It goes into effect July 1, May 14, - Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signs a bill giving same-sex couples the right to marry. The law goes into effect in August 1, June 26, - The Supreme Court rejects parts of DOMA in a decision, dismissing an appeal over same-sex marriage on jurisdictional grounds and ruling same-sex spouses legally married in a state may receive federal benefits.
It also rules that private parties do not have "standing" to defend California's voter-approved ballot measure barring gay and lesbian couples from state-sanctioned wedlock.
The ruling clears the way for same-sex marriages in California to resume. August 1, - Laws in Rhode Island and Minnesota to legalize same-sex marriage go into effect at midnight. August 29, - The US Treasury Department rules that legally married same-sex couples will be treated as married for tax purposes, even if they live in a state that does not recognize same-sex marriage. September 27, - A New Jersey state judge rules that same-sex couples must be permitted to marry in New Jersey starting October The ruling says that the parallel label "civil unions," which the state already allows, is illegally preventing same-sex couples from getting federal benefits.
On October 21, same-sex couples are legally allowed to marry. November 13, - Governor Neil Abercrombie signs legislation making Hawaii the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage. The law takes effect on December 2, November 20, - Illinois becomes the 16th state to legalize same-sex marriage when Governor Pat Quinn signs the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act into law. The law will go into effect on June 1, Gray's battle with cancer prompted the couple to seek relief from a federal court to immediately receive a license before the law goes into effect in June.
Gray dies March 18, On February 21, , an Illinois federal judge rules that other same-sex couples in Cook County can marry immediately. December 19, - The New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously rules to allow same-sex marriage statewide and orders county clerks to begin issuing marriage licenses to qualified same-sex couples.
December 20, - A federal judge in Utah declares the state ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. December 24, - The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denies a request from Utah officials to temporarily stay a lower court's ruling that allows same-sex marriage there.
The ruling allows same-sex marriages to continue while the appeal goes forward. January 6, - The Supreme Court temporarily blocks same-sex marriage in Utah , sending the matter back to an appeals court.
Days later, State officials in Utah announce that the more than 1, same-sex marriages performed in the three weeks prior will not be recognized. January 14, - An Oklahoma federal court rules the state ban on same-sex marriage is "an arbitrary, irrational exclusion of just one class of Oklahoma citizens from a governmental benefit. February 10, - Attorney General Eric Holder issues a memo stating, "the Justice department will consider a marriage valid for purposes of the marital privilege if an individual is or was validly married in a jurisdiction authorized to sanction marriages, regardless of whether the marriage is or would have been recognized in the state where the married individuals reside or formerly resided, or where the civil or criminal action has been brought.
Heyburn II rules that Kentucky's denial of recognition for valid same-sex marriages violates the United States Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law. Wright Allen strikes down Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage. February 26, - US District Judge Orlando Garcia strikes down Texas' ban on same-sex marriage, ruling it has no "rational relation to a legitimate government purpose. March 14, - A federal preliminary injunction is ordered against Tennessee's ban on recognizing same-sex marriages from other states.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette files an emergency request for Judge Friedman's order to be stayed and appealed. April 14, - District Judge Timothy Black orders Ohio to recognize same-sex marriages from other states. May 9, - An Arkansas state judge declares the state's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional.
An appeal is filed. The following day, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals responds to the appeal and issues a temporary stay against same-sex marriage in Idaho. In October , the Supreme Court lifts the stay. May 16, - The Arkansas Supreme Court issues an emergency stay as its judges consider an appeal to the state judge's ruling on same-sex marriage. May 19, - A federal judge strikes down Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage. May 20, - District Judge John E.
Jones strikes down Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage. June 6, - A Wisconsin federal judge strikes down the state's same-sex marriage ban.
Within days, Wisconsin Attorney General J. Van Hollen files a petition with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to halt same-sex marriages in the state. June 13, - District Judge Barbara Crabb temporarily blocks same-sex marriages in Wisconsin, pending appeals. June 25, - An appeals court strikes down Utah's ban on same-sex marriage. July 9, - A state judge in Colorado strikes down Colorado's ban on same-sex marriage.
However, the judge prevents couples from immediately marrying by staying his decision. July 11, - A federal appeals court rules that about 1, same-sex marriages performed earlier this year must be recognized by Utah. July 18, - The Supreme Court grants Utah's request for a delay in recognizing same-sex marriages performed in late and early July 18, - The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a judge's ruling from January that the same-sex marriage ban in Oklahoma is unconstitutional.
The panel stays the ruling, pending appeal from the state. July 23, - A federal judge rules that Colorado's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The judge stays implementation of the ruling pending appeals. July 28, - A federal appeals court strikes down Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage. The 4th Circuit opinion also will affect marriage laws in other states within its jurisdiction, including West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Separate orders will have to be issued for affected states in the region outside Virginia.
August 20, - The Supreme Court grants a request to delay enforcement of an appeals court ruling that overturned Virginia's same-sex marriage ban. August 21, - District Judge Robert Hinkle rules Florida's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional , but same-sex marriages cannot immediately be performed.
September 3, - Judge Martin L. Feldman upholds Louisiana's ban on same-sex marriages, breaking a streak of 21 consecutive federal court decisions overturning the bans since June October 6, - The US Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals from five states -- Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin -- seeking to keep their same-sex marriage bans in place. Therefore, same-sex marriage becomes legal in those states. October 7, - Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Colorado and Indiana.
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. It also decides the Prop 8 defenders lack standing, clearing the way for same-sex unions to be legalized in California. The IRS recognizes same-sex married couples. Utah's same-sex marriage ban is found unconstitutional.
The Presbyterian church votes to allow same-sex ceremonies. Supreme Court makes same-sex marriages legal in all 50 states in Obergefell v. The bills were vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger both times.
In May , the state Supreme Court struck down the state law banning same-sex marriage, but just a few months later voters approved Proposition 8, which again restricted marriage to heterosexual couples. The highly contentious ballot measure was declared unconstitutional two years later, but multiple appeals kept the matter unsettled until , when the U. Supreme Court dismissed the case.
Hollingsworth v. Perry legalized same-sex marriage in California. The early s continued the state-level battles over gay marriage that defined the preceding decade, with at least one notable event.
In , Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, found Section 3 of DOMA—the part of the law that defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman—to be unconstitutional. Foundations of the act had finally begun to crumble, but the real hammer fell with United States v.
Windsor sued the government in late A few months later, U. In , the 2nd U. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments for the case. Though the U. In each case, trial courts sided with the plaintiffs, but the U. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit disagreed, bringing the case to the U.
Supreme Court. As with United States v. By this time, it was still outlawed in only 13 states, and more than 20 other countries had already legalized gay marriage, starting with the Netherlands in December, Northern Island is the most recent country to legalize gay marriage in October, A Pew Research Center poll in found that 57 percent of Americans opposed same-sex marriage and only 35 percent supported it.
Fifteen years later, in , a Pew poll found almost the complete opposite: Americans supported same-sex marriage by a margin of 55 percent to 37 percent. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. The gay rights movement in the United States has seen huge progress in the last century, and especially the last two decades.
Laws prohibiting homosexual activity have been struck down; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals can now serve openly in the military.
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