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State Marriage Same-sex unions Notes
Defined Result Civil Unions Domestic
Partnerships
Constitution Statute Licenses Def. Status Def. Status
Alabama Yes Yes Banned Yes Banned No None
Alaska Yes No Banned No None No No


State Marriage Defined Same-sex unions Notes
Statute Constitution Marriage Licenses Civil Unions Domestic
Partnerships
Arizona Yes No No No No
Arkansas Yes Yes No No No
California Yes No No Sort of Yes Main article: Same-sex marriage in California

Originally granting only hospital visitation rights, the scope of domestic partnerships was gradually expanded over a three-year period. Taking effect on January 1, 2005, A.B. 205 extended to domestic partnerships virtually all the legal rights and responsibilities of marriage in California. Thus, domestic partnership in California has been effectively transformed into a civil union status.

Colorado Yes Yes No No No
Connecticut Yes No No Yes Main article: Same-sex marriage in Connecticut

Does not award marriage licenses to same-sex couples but the civil unions confer "all of the state-level spousal rights and responsibilities." [1]

Delaware Yes No No No No
District of Columbia No No No No Yes Main article: Domestic partnerships in District of Columbia

Enacted 1992; implemented 2002; expanded 2006

Florida Yes No No No No
Georgia Yes Yes No No No
Hawaii Yes Yes No No Yes Minimal benefits, available to all adults, including relatives; official terminology is reciprocal beneficiary relationship. [1]
Idaho Yes Yes No No No
Illinois Yes No No No No
Indiana Yes No No No No
Iowa Yes No No No No
Kansas Yes Yes No No No
Kentucky Yes Yes No No No
Louisiana Yes Yes No No No
Maine Yes No No No Yes Main article: Domestic partnership in Maine

The Maine Domestic Partnership act came into effect on July 30, 2004. [2]

Maryland Yes No No No No Main article: Same-sex marriage in Maryland

"The first state law defining marriage as a union between a man and woman was adopted by Maryland in 1973." [2]

Massachusetts No No Yes Main article: Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts
Michigan Yes Yes No No No
Minnesota Yes No No No No
Mississippi Yes Yes No No No
Missouri Yes Yes No No No
Montana Yes Yes No No No
Nebraska Yes Yes No No No
Nevada Yes Yes No No No
New Hampshire Yes No No No No State law pre-dates DOMA. [2]
New Jersey Yes No more but present valid ones allowed Main article: Same-sex marriage in New Jersey

The state of New Jersey has neither allowed nor recognized marriages between couples of the same-sex. However, the New Jersey Supreme Court, in Lewis v. Harris, required the New Jersey Legislature to change state law by April 24, 2007 to afford same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples. [3] A bill now allows civil unions that will supersede domestic partnerships. These are no more applied but may remain for the present ones.

New Mexico No No No No No Does not contain any public policy explicitly banning same-sex marriage nor defining marriage as between a man and a woman (effectively making the state neutral).
New York No No No No Main article: Same-sex marriage in New York
North Carolina Yes No No No No
North Dakota Yes Yes No No No
Ohio Yes Yes No No No
Oklahoma Yes Yes No No No
Oregon No Yes No No No Main article: Same-sex unions in Oregon
Pennsylvania Yes No No No No
Rhode Island No No No No No Does not contain any public policy explicitly banning same-sex marriage nor defining marriage as between a man and a woman (effectively making the state neutral). Does not award marriage licenses, nor provide any form of statewide recognition for same-sex couples but does extend limited rights to same-sex couples. [1]
South Carolina Yes Yes No No No
South Dakota Yes Yes No No No
Tennessee Yes Yes No No No
Texas Yes Yes No No No
Utah Yes Yes No No No
Vermont Yes No No Yes Vermont civil unions provide same-sex couples access to state-level marriage benefits. [2] Parties to a civil union are entitled to all of the state-level spousal rights and responsibilities and only for couples who live in the state of Vermont. [1]
Virginia Yes Yes No No No
Washington Yes No No No No Main article: Same-sex marriage in Washington
West Virginia Yes No No No No
Wisconsin Yes Yes No No No
Wyoming Yes No No No No State law pre-dates DOMA. [2]
  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference HRC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference SL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/opinions/supreme/a-68-05.pdf
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