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As of 2016, [update] 83% of Americans aged 18–29 supported same-sex marriage. [213] As of 2021, [update] there was majority support for same-sex marriage in 47 states, ranging from 50% in South Carolina to 85% in Massachusetts. There was plurality support in Alabama, with 49% supporting and 47% opposing.
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2024, marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 36 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).
Same-sex marriage: (a) A marriage entered into by persons of the same sex, either under common law or under statute, that is recognized by another state or foreign jurisdiction is void in this state, and contractual rights granted by virtue of the marriage, including its termination, are unenforceable in this state.
Taiwan, for instance, became the first place in Asia to make same-sex marriage a reality in 2019. Marriage equality is still, however, largely limited to countries in the Americas, Europe and Oceania.
On 26 June 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, thereby making same-sex marriage legal throughout the United States. [73] Prior to 26 June 2015, same-sex marriages were legal in the District of Columbia, Guam, and thirty-six states.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The decades-long debate about whether same-sex marriage should be allowed in the United States was finally settled Friday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled gay and lesbian ...
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California Supreme Court overturns Proposition 22 and rules that in 30 days, same-sex marriages must be legal. [506] Yes Same-sex marriage licenses issued in California from June 17, 2008, to November 5, 2008 On November 5, 2008, Proposition 8 goes into effect banning same-sex marriage in the Constitution of California: Connecticut: Kerrigan v.