what are all the states it is legal to have same sex marriages.?
551320
It's legal in Canada.
13044
Gay marriage is legal in The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Canada.\n\nIn the U.S. it is legal only in Massachusetts.\n\nOther countries, such as the UK have legal civil unions which give many of the benefits of marriage.
364706
could definitely do it in a weekend if its not a same sex marriage. could do it pretty much in a day in several states actually. you can go to tennessee one afternoon and get married in a courthouse.
602982
They can get married in Massachusetts. They can have civil unions in Connecticut and Vermont. I'm not sure where else they can marry though.
107313
yeah Massachusets [did i spell it right?] \nIn texas it is in illegal. then again you can always go to canada where gay marriage is legal everywhere......
689375
The constitution does NOT define marriage, or even address it. You can look at the constitutions of individual states such as Alaska, Alabama, New Jersey, Vermont, etc. As for "societal" norms, I suggest you go to the periodicals section of your library and look at wedding announcements, etc. Look closely at the constitution of the state of Alabama and you can see where amendments were added to refuse interracial marriage (and they are not repealed even today!). Georgia is the same, but theirs is repealed.
99263
gay/lesbian marriages are the same as regular marriages, yet gay/lesbian divorce rate will increase with time, when more state will allow them to get married. I personally think that I doesn't matter. gay or straight
783281
5. In Wisconsin, the same-sex marriage ban.
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The Federal Defense of Marriage Act which permits states to not recognize same sex marriages performed elsewhere. If a gay couple is married legally in Massachusetts, that marriage is not recognized anywhere else under the DOMA unlike heterosexual marriages. DOMA also includes a clause that marriage exists only between a man and woman. But each state can write its own marriage laws. Arizona, for example, states "Marriage between persons of the same sex is void and prohibited."\n\nAnti-discrimination laws are against gays and lesbians because they are not included. It is still legal at the federal level and in many states to fire a person simply because they are gay.
139886
Same sex marriges are illegal in all states except Massachusetts. Vermont allows civil unions, bot not gay marrige
124394
As of September 2005 in the United States, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts recognizes same-sex marriage, while California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey and Vermont grant persons in same-sex unions a similar legal status to those in a civil marriage by domestic partnership, civil union or reciprocal beneficiary laws.
793899
Massecheshits is the only state that allows gay marriage. New Jersey has just had a ruling in its courts that say that a gay marriage is valid. The Federal government does not recognise either so don't expect spousal pension benefitsif your partner dies.
1101043
As far as I know, the only US state that recognizes same sex marriage is Massachusetts
14157
No law has been passed in any state allowing same sex marriage. The only state in which same sex marriage is legal is Massachusetts, and it is legal there because a court ruled that banning homosexuals from marrying was unconstitutional, based on the Massachusetts state constitution.\n\nThe judges' ruling was based on the idea that granting homosexual couples different opportunities is inherently unequal and since the state produced no compelling reason why homosexuals should be forced into this unequal status, it cannot be constitutional.
184172
You can marry the person you love and want to spend the rest of your life with, while they can't. Laws against same-sex marriage impose an arbitrary, and essentially religious view of marriage on people who do not believe in it, for no reason other than to maintain the status quo. It is ridiculous to say that you have the same rights because you can't marry someone of the same sex either; you obviously don't want to.
481764
They can in certain countries. If you want to marry a same gender person, you could try changing your sex, but personally - same sex marriages are just not natural and strictly forbidden in many religions.
520999
Yes it is. The US recognizes legal marriages from all countries.