Same-sex marriage is current legal in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Iowa and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia. Marriage Laws are part of the State Laws, not Federal Laws.
During the year of 2004 in California more than 2,000 marriage licenses were given to same sex couples. Then in 2005 these licenses were deemed invalid. California passed a bill legalizing same sex marriage, but then governor Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill and in 2008 California deemed that the definition of marriage as "a union between a man and a woman." was unconstitutional and must "be stricken from the statute" at this time same sex couples had the same marriage rights ans heterosexual couples. at the same time however proposition 8 was being launched. Proposition 8 was meant to deny same sex couples the marriage rights that heterosexual couples have. "On June 16, 2008, California began allowing same-sex couples to receive marriage licenses. But on November 4 of that year, Proposition 8 passed, again banning same-sex marriage." A similar story occurred in Maine in 2009.
"Opposing Viewpoints"
"NPR: State By State: The Legal Battle Over Gay Marriage "
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