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U.S. Policies on Same-Sex Marriage
United States Policies
The purpose of the indicators is to provide a quick reference tool to
show the position of each state concerning same-sex marriage, civil
unions, domestic partnerships, prohibitive laws, and prohibitive state
constitutional amendments.
| U.S. Indicator |
Explanation |
| 0 |
Constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage |
| 1 |
Law prohibiting same-sex marriage |
| 2 |
"Silent and ambiguous" are states that do not expressly
allow nor prohibit same-sex couples from marrying
there.
2*: New York recognizes valid out-of-state marriages
of same-sex couples. |
| 3 |
States recognizing
domestic partnership
protections
|
| 4 |
States granting
civil unions
|
| 5 |
States issuing
marriage licences
to same-sex couples. |
U.S. States
| State |
Indicator(s) |
State |
Indicator(s) |
|
Alabama
|
01, 1 |
Montana
|
0, 1 |
|
Alaska
|
0, 1 |
Nebraska
|
01 |
|
Arizona
|
1 |
Nevada
|
0 |
|
Arkansas
|
01, 1 |
New Hampshire
|
1, 4 |
|
California
|
5 |
New Jersey
|
4 |
|
Colorado
|
1, 2 |
New Mexico
|
2 |
|
Connecticut
|
5 |
New York
|
2* |
|
Delaware
|
1 |
North Carolina
|
1 |
|
Florida
|
1 |
North Dakota
|
01, 1 |
|
Georgia
|
01, 1 |
Ohio
|
01, 1 |
|
Hawaii
|
0, 1, 3 |
Oklahoma
|
01, 1 |
|
Idaho
|
01, 1 |
Oregon
|
0, 3 |
|
Illinois
|
1 |
Pennsylvania
|
1 |
|
Indiana
|
1 |
Rhode Island
|
2 |
|
Iowa
|
1 |
South Carolina
|
01, 1 |
|
Kansas
|
01, 1 |
South Dakota
|
01, 1 |
|
Kentucky
|
01, 1 |
Tennessee
|
0, 1 |
|
Louisiana
|
01, 1 |
Texas
|
01, 1 |
|
Maine
|
1, 3 |
Utah
|
01, 1 |
|
Maryland
|
1 |
Vermont
|
1, 4 |
|
Massachusetts
|
5 |
Virginia
|
01, 1 |
|
Michigan
|
01, 1 |
Washington
|
1, 3 |
|
Minnesota
|
1 |
West Virginia
|
1 |
|
Mississippi
|
0, 1 |
Wisconsin
|
01, 1 |
|
Missouri
|
0, 1 |
Wyoming
|
1 |
1. Contains language that may affect other legal
relationships, such as civil unions or domestic partnerships.
Source: Human Rights Campaign, The Pew Charitable
Trusts
Information Please® Database, © 2008 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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