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Originally posted by Quiqui4eva
How many countries is gay marriage legal in now?  |
As of June 1, 2014, nineteen state governments (those of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington along with the District of Columbia) routinely issue same-sex marriage licenses. Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Michigan, Idaho, Arkansas, and Texas are awaiting appellate court decisions after lower courts ruled in favor of allowing such licenses.
All Pacific States except Alaska have legalized same-sex marriage, as have all jurisdictions in the Northeast Corridor.
Colorado, Nevada, and Wisconsin have created legal unions for same-sex couples that offer varying subsets of the rights and responsibilities of marriage under the laws of those jurisdictions.
