These two maps, found at Daily Kos, show the progress that has been made toward establishing marriage equality in just the last year. At the end of 2013, there were 19 states where same-sex couples could legally marry (the states in red). Now there are 35 states where marriage equality is legal. That's 16 new states in 2014 alone.
This thing is really starting to snowball, and with a majority of Americans now favoring legal same-sex marriage (and the increasing likelihood of a favorable Supreme Court decision), it could be legal in all 50 states by the end of 2015 or middle of 2016. That will bring us another step closer to true equality under the law in this country, which is guaranteed by our Constitution.
The 'with a majority of Americans now favoring legal same-sex ' I do not agree with.
ReplyDeleteHere is a better Idea....a graph showing which states VOTED for gay marriage and which states had it forced down their throats by the courts.
i.e. NC did not ALLOW same sex marriage the courts forced it on them, they actually voted AGAINST it.
I have an idea of which states have the voting bigots..... just about all.
Sorry I just looked at the maps and blew them up to see the writing.
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Also I do wish that the gov'mint would get out of the 'marriage' business. Remove all tax breaks. Then to legally protect those who want it have civil contracts for ALL. And if really ignorant women want to 'marry' some religious Ahole and NOT use a civil contract, then too phuckn' bad!! And the quiverful without tax breaks would find things difficult....solution don't breed so many future ignorant people.
You are right that an approving majority doesn't exist in every state -- but it does exist in the country as a whole. What's interesting to me is the hang-up over the word "marriage". In even very conservative states like Texas, a fairly significant majority would be in favor of allowing civil contracts with the same rights and privileges as a marriage -- as long as you don't call it a marriage. To me, that weird.
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