On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court rules all state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional – thus allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry in all 50 states. But before that, only 11 states of US, where gay marriage was legal. And still gays get better privileges, in those states. In case you are wondering about those states, check out the article of Insidermonkey which featured the 11 states where gay marriage is legal.
While civil rights campaigning took place from the 1970s, the issue became prominent from around 1993. The ruling led to federal actions and actions by several states, to restrict marriage to male-female couples, in particular the Defense of Marriage Act. During the period of 2003 to 2015, various lower court decisions, state legislation, and popular referendums had already legalized same-sex marriage to some degree in thirty-eight out of fifty U.S. states, in the U.S. territory Guam, and in the District of Columbia. By the time that same-sex marriage became legal nationally, public opinion on the subject had reached almost 60% approval levels according to polls by The Wall Street Journal, the Human Rights Campaign, and CNN, having been consistently over 50% since 2010 and trending consistently upward over the years prior.
Surely, times are a-changing, and as what our previous article of the 22 Countries Where Gay Marriage is Legal has mentioned, there has been a silent revolution, so to speak, as people have been warming up to the idea of the LGBT movement and the effects that come with them.
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