Same sex marriage in the US

Same sex marriage in the US
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Date Written: 3/14/11 Last Updated: 7/4/17

States with amendments protecting marriage (31)

Reference Links

Alabama Strong
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas Strong
California, extra, alt2 Unenforced
Colorado
Florida Strong
Georgia Strong
Hawaii Note: Amendment grants authority to the legislature to ban same sex marriage. This amendment does not ban same sex marriage, but prevents the courts from legalizing it.
Idaho Strong
Kansas Strong
Kentucky Strong
Louisiana Strong
Michigan Strong
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska Strong
Nevada
North Carolina alt link Alt3 Strong
North Dakota Strong
Ohio Strong
Oklahoma
Oregon Unenforced
South Carolina Strong
South Dakota Strong
Tennessee
Texas Strong
Utah Strong
Virginia Strong
Wisconsin Strong

The following is an example of a strong marriage amendment:

Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized in this state.

States that do not have state constitutional marriage amendments protecting marriage (19)

Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana, alt
Iowa voting dates for Iowa candidates
Maine Alt
Massachusetts alt link
Maryland
Minnesota, alt
New Hampshire
New Jersey many good links located here too.
New Mexico
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Washington alt link
West Virginia alt alt 2
Wyoming

Marriage was redefined in the following states (16)

New Mexico court decision 2013
Illinois legislature 2013
Hawaii Legislature 2013
New Jersey Court Decision 2013
Minnesota Legislature 2013
Maine Voter Referendum
Delaware Legislature 2013
New York Legislature
Maryland Legislature
Rhode Island Legislature (May 2013)
Massachusetts Court decision
Washington Legislature (Dec 2012 ref)
Iowa Court decision
Connecticut Court decision
Vermont Legislature
New Hampshire Legislature Note: has provision for churches

Note: California is not on this list, because marriage was not redefined in that state. The state merely chose not to uphold that law.

This is news to me, but apparently a US constitutional amendment cannot be overturned in court. Not sure if this is all that true. ref. If you look at states like California you can see that an amendment was challenged because it "conflicted" with another amendment.

Countries with laws to support Homosexual Marriage (15) ref

Slovenia 2015
Argentina 2010
Iceland 2010
Uruguay 2013
Portugal 2010
United Kingdom 2013
Denmark 2012
Sweden 2009
France 2013
Belgium 2003
New Zealand 2013
Netherlands 2001
Spain 2005
Canada 2005
South Africa 2006
Norway 2008

Brazil –– Legalized by Supreme Court ref

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