Cool interactive map I found regarding different states and their current positions on Gay marriage.
A San Antonio judge ruled Wednesday that Texas' ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia has also issued a stay, so the ban remains in effect until the ruling can be reviewed on appeal. The appeal will likely come from the state's Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is running for governor this year.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought against the state by two same-sex couples. One couple married in Massachusetts and sought recognition of their union by Texas, and the other, Texan natives, is seeking to get married in the state after 17 years together. The lawsuits are two of several that are currently challenging the Lone Star state's 2005 ban on gay marriage.
But Texas is far from alone in the national battleground over same-sex marriage.
It's been 10 years since Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage. A decade later, gay couples in 17 states can now marry and another four states have legalized civil unions and domestic partnerships.
In a sign of changing times, the fight over marriage rights is now overwhelmingly being waged by activists who favor same-sex marriage, rather than those working to restrict marriage to heterosexual couples. A decade after 11 states passed constitutional bans on same-sex marriage thanks to a coordinated effort by supporters of President Bush to boost his numbers, only two states—Indiana and Wyoming—are currently pursuing limitations to the marriage rights of same-sex couples. Meanwhile, efforts are underway in 24 states to expand them.
Legislatures in seven states—Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Utah—are also pushing bills that would allow businesses that object on religious grounds to refuse service to same-sex couples. Notably, both chambers of Arizona's Legislature have passed the measure and sent it to Republican Gov. Jan Brewer's desk for her signature. Brewer hasn't yet said whether she will sign it, but she vetoed similar legislation in 2012.
Slay a bit Massachusetts
The map is in the link BTW
http://www.nationaljournal.com/domes...riage-20140226
We can't be #1 in anything.
