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2017

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2016

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2015

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2014

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2013

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2012

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2011

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The federal government does not recognize same-sex marriage in the United States , but such marriages are recognized by some individual states. The lack of federal recognition was codified in 1996 by the Defense of Marriage Act , before Massachusetts became the first state to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004. Such licenses are granted by six states: Connecticut , Iowa , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , New York , Vermont , plus Washington, D.C. and Oregon's Coquille and Washington state's Suquamish Indian tribes . Same-sex marriages could be legally performed in California between June 16, 2008, and November 4, 2008, after which voters passed Proposition 8 prohibiting same-sex marriages. Maryland recognizes same-sex marriages but does not grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [1] [2] The legalization of same-sex marriage has been achieved by court rulings and legislative action, but not through voter referendums . [3]

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Same-sex marriage , also referred to as gay marriage , is marriage between two persons of the same sex. The federal government of the United States does not recognize the marriages of same-sex couples and is prohibited from doing so by the Defense of Marriage Act . Nationwide, same-sex marriage is legal in three states as a result of a court ruling and in two others plus a district through a vote in their respective legislatures.

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Same-sex marriage , also referred to as gay marriage , is marriage between two persons of the same sex. The federal government of the United States does not recognize the marriages of same sex couples and is prohibited from doing so by the Defense of Marriage Act . Nationwide, four states have legalized same-sex marriage as a result of a court ruling, while three others have done so through a vote in their respective state legislatures.

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Same-sex marriage , also referred to as gay marriage , is a marriage between two persons of the same sex. Currently the federal government of the United States does not recognize same-sex marriage , under the Defense of Marriage Act , but same-sex marriage is currently legal in two states, Massachusetts and Connecticut [1] . The issue is a divisive political issue in the United States and elsewhere. The social movement to obtain the rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States for same-sex couples began in the early 1970s, and the issue became a prominent one in U.S. politics in the 1990s.

2007

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2006

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Same-sex marriage , often called gay marriage , is a marriage between two persons of the same gender. The issue is a divisive political issue in the United States and elsewhere. The social movement to obtain the legal protections of civil marriage for same-sex couples began in the early 1970s , and the issue became a prominent one in U.S. politics in the 1990s .

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In the United States, same-sex marriage is not legally permitted, although Vermont provides a parallel institution by authorizing " civil unions " between same-sex couples. On November 18 2003 , Massachusetts ' Supreme Judicial Court ruled 4 to 3 in Goodridge et al. v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gave the state Legislature 180 days to change the law. The court found that Massachusetts may not "deny the protections, benefits and obligations conferred by civil marriage to two individuals of the same sex who wish to marry" because of a clause in the state's constitution that forbids "the creation of second-class citizens."