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A list of Marriage Equality threads
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The news of US states passing, approving or otherwise legalizing marriage equality has been covered on MetaFilter as long as states have passed such measures, starting when the Massachusetts Legislature killed the proposed amendment to ban gay marriage in 2002. This page is used to keep track of threads made about the progress of states.
States
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California's rocky path with Prop 8, which overturned the brief (June 16 to Nov. 5, 2008) judicial ruling that permitted same-sex marriages
- Colorado
- Connecticut (Dec. 14 post, regarding civil unions, which were legal in 2005; Oct. 10, 2008 Connecticut Supreme Court ruling, which was subsequently passed by the Connecticut General Assembly, effective Nov. 12, 2008)
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois (Nov. 5/6, 2013)
- Indiana
- Iowa (April 3, 2009, when the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously found the state's limitation of marriage to opposite-sex couples violated the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution)
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine (Nov. 6, 2012, voters supported same-sex marriage)
- Maryland (Nov. 6, 2012, voters supported same-sex marriage)
- Massachusetts (2002 proposed gay marriage ban fails; post related to Massachussetts Supreme Judicial Court 2003 ruling; and the May 17, 2004 effective date post, welcoming Mass. as the first US state to permit and recognize gay marriages)
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire (June 3, 2009, New Hampshire's governor today signed the state's same-sex marriage bill into law)
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York (June 13, 2011, "the final push is on for marriage equality in New York;" June 24 live-blogging the final approval; and July 24, 2011, the first same-sex marriages were held in New York)
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont (April 7, 2009, the Vermont General Assembly overrode Governor Douglas' veto)
- Virginia
- Washington (Nov. 6, 2012, voters supported same-sex marriage; then on Dec. 6, 2012, the first same-sex marraiges were performed in Washington State)
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Territories and other regions
- American Samoa
- District of Columbia
- Guam
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgin Islands
