Source: minnesota. Source: msnbc. Democracy Now! Helene Faasen and Anne-Marie Thus take part in the world's first legal gay marriage ceremony.
Timeline: Same-sex marriage through the years
Timeline Of Gay Marriage And Rights In Australia
About Follow Donate. In , the U. Supreme Court ruled all state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry nationwide. This timeline highlights the changes in state policies leading up to that ruling, starting in — when Utah became the first state to enact a Defense of Marriage Act DOMA. Several other states previously had approved statutes defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Hawaii voters approve constitutional language allowing their legislature to determine policy on same-sex marriage, effectively overturning a series of earlier court decisions that may have required the state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed.
A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States
The path to the Supreme Court has been marked by many same-sex marriage victories and few defeats. Nelson , a Minnesota case filed by a gay couple seeking to marry, "for want of a substantial federal question. May 5, Hawaii Supreme Court rules that denying marriage to same-sex couples violates the Equal Protection Clause of the state Constitution.
This page contains a timeline of significant events regarding same-sex marriage and legal recognition of same-sex couples worldwide. It begins with the history of same-sex unions during ancient times, which consisted of unions ranging from informal and temporary relationships to highly ritualized unions, and continues to modern-day state-recognized same-sex marriage. Events concerning same-sex marriages becoming legal in a country or in a country's state are listed in bold. Various types of same-sex marriages have existed, [1] ranging from informal, unsanctioned relationships to highly ritualized unions.
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