...nationwide? 14 states have legalized it so far, in how many more years will the rest of the 36 states have legalized gay marriage?

My country was the first to legalize it

US is too conservative.. It will probably take about 20/30 years.

I feel like it'll build momentum as more do it, but probably about 10-15 years for all of them assuming things go the way they are.

If left up to a ballot initiative in every remaining state, some areas (chiefly in the South and the Midwest) probably won't see gay marriage for another fifteen to twenty years.

Supreme Court cases will probably make it happen sooner, though.

Oh god. Like 10 years I guess.

It depends. If the issue is taken to the Supreme Court (it sort of was with the Prop 8 trial, but there was legal issues keeping them from deciding gay marriage as a whole in that particular case) and they decide, it could be within a few years depending on how confident advocates are that the Supreme Court will invalidate same-sex marriage bans.

The federal government could also legalize it though congress but that would likely be challenged by states that have same-sex marriage bans and would go up to the Supreme Court, so basically same as above. Don't count on Congress passing a law like that anytime soon though, the Republicans are in the majority and their gerry-mandering in 2010 makes it tough for Democrats to take it back next year.

If we go state-by-state, like we have been doing, it could take a really long time. There will be a lot of states that will legalize it one way or another within the next few years, but southern states (+ Utah) will take a really long time to change their minds. Case-in-point: Alabama. They had an initiative to repeal their ban on interracial marriage in 2000. Note that interracial marriage was legal there since Loving v Virginia, the initiative was just to remove a law from their books that had been invalidated 30 years prior. There was literally no reason for anyone to vote against it and still 40% voted against it.

The blue states 5 years, the red ones idk jesus is probably gonna make a comeback first

Slay us Jesus hun

If it remains a state by state issue then honestly I don't know if all the states will ever have it legalized. Majority of the South is going to put up a hell of a fight to keep it illegal and I can't see it ever passing in some states like Texas. The rest of the country though, it'll probably smoothly go along. Thank god I live in the North.

This.

Only I think it will still take a little longer than 5 years in blue states. Maybe 10.

In b4 "its legal in my country nd thatz y US sucks and iz corrupt!!!"

Mine the second

I think it will continue to be a state issue that's why it will most likely take 30+ years

I'd like to believe 10 - 15 years in blue states.

Yes, those kinds of comments are very cringeworthy. It reminds me of kids who say, "haha, I have one and you don't." Or kids who have ice cream, eating it in your face, while you can't have any until your done with your liver.

Hopefully not too long

At least I live in New York

Now wait; isn't it still federally recognized? I realize benefits provided by individual states won't apply to many same sex couples, but the fact that it's federally recognized will give some strength to state-by-state movements. In addition, most political standpoints by the majority grow progressively more liberal with time. I say about ten years.

It's pretty obvious that the federal government will inevitably intervene in the movement. I expect legalization within the next decade.

Marriages are still recognized even in states with a constitutional and statute ban on same-sex marriage. New ones, however, can't be performed outside of states where it is legal.

No more than 20 years tbh. The blue states will pass it this decade. The red states will pass it after the baby boomers die.