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The legal status of 'same-sex marriage in the United States varied by state. Prior to the federal government recognizing same-sex marriages, individual states set their own laws on the matter.41 states defined marriage as the union between one man and one woman only, either in their state
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702:
812:
795:
233:
727:
667:
651:
992:
517:
422:
561:
453:
402:
331:
169:
137:
572:
505:
278:
250:
207:
109:
615:
607:
489:
304:
290:
599:
77:
479:
270:
765:
634:
471:
382:
835:
189:
958:
911:
854:
784:
149:
542:
117:
97:
1000:
682:
975:
922:
873:
580:
197:
177:
846:
776:
719:
892:
534:
434:
947:
746:
349:
865:
623:
414:
319:
939:
757:
591:
553:
497:
394:
215:
129:
1011:
446:
69:
695:
374:
89:
884:
311:
33:
8:
903:
738:
258:
357:
366:
17:
157:
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Note - Table does not include pending court challenges to its legal status.
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constitution, or in state law, or both. Five states and the
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Spousal benefits for state and local government employees
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162:
Domestic partnership & unnamed marriage-like status
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VERY OUTDATED, may still be of use in an history article
301:Civil unions, reciprocal beneficiary relationships
263:Domestic partnerships recognized by two counties
208:Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health
608:Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning
490:Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
305:Hawaii Constitutional Amendment 2 (1998)
40:Better table, feel free to work on this
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58:Establishment of current legal status
480:Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
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182:Designated beneficiary agreements
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1040:
1001:Constitutional referendum (2006)
948:Constitutional referendum (2006)
912:Constitutional referendum (2004)
893:Constitutional referendum (2005)
874:Constitutional referendum (2006)
855:Constitutional referendum (2006)
836:Constitutional referendum (2006)
785:Constitutional referendum (2004)
766:Constitutional referendum (2004)
747:Constitutional referendum (2004)
728:Constitutional referendum (2004)
624:Constitutional referendum (2002)
600:Constitutional referendum (2000)
581:Constitutional referendum (2004)
562:Constitutional referendum (2004)
543:Constitutional referendum (2004)
506:Constitutional referendum (2004)
423:Constitutional referendum (2004)
403:Constitutional referendum (2004)
383:Constitutional referendum (2005)
320:Constitutional referendum (2006)
279:Constitutional referendum (2004)
259:Constitutional referendum (2006)
178:Constitutional referendum (2006)
158:Constitutional referendum (2008)
138:Constitutional referendum (2004)
118:Constitutional referendum (2008)
98:Constitutional referendum (1998)
78:Constitutional referendum (2006)
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1:
36:legalized same-sex marriage.
660:Civil unions legalized 2006
342:Civil unions legalized 2011
198:Supreme Court of Connecticut
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10:
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447:Maine Question 1, 2009
696:Marriage Equality Act
443:Domestic partnership
234:District of Columbia
34:District of Columbia
963:Legal in June 2012
61:Other recognitions
358:Iowa Supreme Court
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1019:State law (2003)
983:State law (2000)
966:State law (2012)
930:State law (2009)
803:State law (1996)
710:State law (1996)
690:State law (2011)
642:State law (2009)
525:State law (1997)
339:State law (2005)
241:Local law (2009)
223:State law (1996)
64:More information
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847:South Dakota
813:Rhode Island
796:Pennsylvania
720:North Dakota
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154:Recognized*
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535:Mississippi
190:Connecticut
959:Washington
668:New Mexico
652:New Jersey
461:State law
298:State law
150:California
993:Wisconsin
866:Tennessee
518:Minnesota
415:Louisiana
1016:Illegal
997:Illegal
980:Illegal
944:Illegal
940:Virginia
908:Illegal
889:Illegal
870:Illegal
851:Illegal
832:Illegal
800:Illegal
781:Illegal
762:Illegal
758:Oklahoma
743:Illegal
724:Illegal
707:Illegal
683:New York
620:Illegal
596:Illegal
592:Nebraska
577:Illegal
558:Illegal
554:Missouri
539:Illegal
522:Illegal
502:Illegal
498:Michigan
458:Illegal
454:Maryland
419:Illegal
399:Illegal
395:Kentucky
379:Illegal
336:Illegal
332:Illinois
316:Illegal
295:Illegal
275:Illegal
255:Illegal
220:Illegal
216:Delaware
174:Illegal
170:Colorado
134:Illegal
130:Arkansas
114:Illegal
94:Illegal
74:Illegal
1012:Wyoming
923:Vermont
573:Montana
271:Georgia
251:Florida
110:Arizona
70:Alabama
927:Legal
777:Oregon
687:Legal
639:Legal
616:Nevada
476:Legal
375:Kansas
354:Legal
291:Hawaii
238:Legal
194:Legal
90:Alaska
52:State
1030:Notes
885:Texas
510:None
435:Maine
427:None
407:None
387:None
324:None
312:Idaho
283:None
226:None
142:None
122:None
82:None
16:<
904:Utah
739:Ohio
485:n/a
350:Iowa
203:n/a
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