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Same-sex marriage in the United States
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Same-sex marriage in the United States
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Same-sex marriage became legal in all 50 states on June 26, 2015. Status of same-sex marriage in the United States in 2019
Performed
Recognized but not performed
Not recognized
(mixed jurisdiction; not recognized by tribal government)
(mixed jurisdiction; not performed by tribal government)
Same-sex marriage is recognized in all of the United States. As of May 2014, same-sex marriage was legal in 19 states: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. It was also legal in Washington, D.C.. On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is legal in all states, because of the 14th Amendment. The movement to give marriage rights and benefits to homosexual couples in the United States began in the 1970s. It grew in United States politics around 1993 when the Supreme Court of Hawaii declared the prohibition in that state to be unconstitutional. It was not until around the 21st century that public support for same-sex marriage began growing.