Sep 10, 20202 minSeptember 10, 1996: Marriage goes on trial in HonoluluON THIS DAY IN 1996... Judge Kevin Chang gaveled Baehr v. Miike to order at 8:33 a.m., marking the first time that the question of...
Aug 3, 20202 minAugust 3, 2004: Missouri approves 2004's first constitutional ban on same-sex marriageON THIS DAY IN 2004... When Missouri legislators first introduced a proposal to write a ban on same-sex unions into the state...
Jul 22, 20202 minJuly 22, 1997: Three couples sue Vermont for marriage rightsON THIS DAY IN 1997… Three Burlington-area couples sue Vermont for the right to marry in the movement’s first deliberately plotted test...
Jul 20, 20202 minJuly 20, 2005: Canada legalizes same-sex marriageON THIS DAY IN 2005... With the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act, Canada became the world's fourth country to legalize same-sex...