What year was gay marriage legal in the us

Same-sex marriage eventually became legal nationally after the Supreme Court declared state bans unconstitutional in First country to legalize same-sex marriage after its Parliament passed the law in December Only African country where same-sex marriage is legal; several countries on the continent have passed laws in recent years that ban homosexuality.

How is same-sex marriage in the US changing?

The states with the smallest percentage increases were North Dakota States with the largest populations tend to have the most households with same-sex marriages. It had , married same- sex households, also most in the nation. Learn more about marriage in the US and get the data straight to your inbox with our weekly newsletter.

Same-Sex Marriage Around the World

On social media, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton merely tweeted the word "proud" and the White House changed its Twitter avatar , external into the rainbow colours. The case considered by the court concerned Jim Obergefell, an Ohio resident who was not recognised as the legal widower of his late husband, John Arthur.

Same-sex marriage is made legal nationwide with Obergefell v. Hodges decision

As homosexuality gradually became more accepted in American culture, the conservative backlash was strong enough to force President Bill Clinton to sign the Defense of Marriage Act DOMA , prohibiting the recognition of same-sex marriages at the federal level, into law in Over the next decade, many states banned same-sex marriage, while Vermont instituted same-sex civil unions in and Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in Gay marriage was the predominant "culture war" issue of George W.