May 22, 2015: Ireland votes to legalize same-sex marriage
ON THIS DAY IN 2015… Ireland became the first country to introduce same-sex marriage by a popular vote, with 62% of voters favoring an...
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- May 18, 2021
- 2 min
May 18, 2004: Ohio activist launches amendment campaign
ON THIS DAY IN 2004… Cincinnati anti-pornography activist Phil Burress begins collecting signatures to qualify a constitutional amendment...
- May 17, 2021
- 1 min
May 17, 2004: First same-sex couples marry in Massachusetts
ON THIS DAY IN 2004… The first same-sex couples to legally marry in the United States exchanged vows in Massachusetts. The previous...
- May 16, 2021
- 2 min
May 16, 1994: Anti-gay activists meet in Colorado Springs
ON THIS DAY IN 1994... A cadre of anti-gay activists assemble in Colorado Springs for what one journalist called the “first national...
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
May 15, 2008: California Supreme Court strikes down marriage ban
ON THIS DAY IN 2008… The California Supreme Court upheld a lower-court-ruling that found an eight-year-old ban on same-sex marriage to be...
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
May 15, 2002: Federal Marriage Amendment introduced in House
ON THIS DAY IN 2002… The first bill to write an amendment into the U.S. Constitution banning same-sex marriage was introduced in the...
- May 11, 2021
- 1 min
May 11, 2011: Minnesota legislators send super-DOMA amendment to ballot
ON THIS DAY IN 2011… The Minnesota Senate passed a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, placing the issue on the November 2012 ballot...
- May 9, 2021
- 3 min
May 9, 2012: Barack Obama announces marriage reversal
ON THIS DAY IN 2012… President Barack Obama announced his personal view was now that “same-sex couples should be able to get married," a...
- May 7, 2021
- 3 min
May 7, 1996: Defense of Marriage Act introduced in House
ON THIS DAY IN 1996... The Defense of Marriage Act, the first effort to block same-sex marriage under federal law, was introduced in the...
- May 5, 2021
- 1 min
May 5, 1993: Hawaii Supreme Court rules for gay marriage
ON THIS DAY IN 1993… The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that denying same-sex couples the right to marry amounted to a form of...
- May 4, 2021
- 3 min
May 4, 2012: Biden announces support for gay marriage
ON THIS DAY IN 2012… Vice President Joe Biden announced his support for gay marriage, a reversal of his previous position that upended...
- Apr 30, 2021
- 2 min
April 30, 2001: Evan Wolfson leaves Lambda to focus on marriage
ON THIS DAY IN 2001… Attorney Evan Wolfson, the leading national activist for equal marriage rights, departed Lambda Legal to focus...
- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
April 28, 2015: Supreme Court hears marriage case
ON THIS DAY IN 2015… The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that would determine whether same-sex...
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
April 26, 2000: Vermont enacts civil-union law
ON THIS DAY IN 2000… Vermont Governor Howard Dean signed a bill to establish the country’s first civil unions, a marriage-lite program...
- Apr 20, 2021
- 2 min
April 20, 2005: Connecticut enacts civil-union law
ON THIS DAY IN 2005… Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell signed a bill to establish civil unions, with ambivalent backing from gay activists...
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
April 19, 2009: Marriage debate dominates Miss USA pageant
ON THIS DAY IN 2009... Miss California Carrie Prejean declared her disapproval of same-sex unions during the final round of a national...
- Apr 7, 2021
- 2 min
April 7, 2009: Vermont enacts marriage law
ON THIS DAY IN 2009… Vermont’s House of Representatives voted to override the governor’s veto of a marriage bill, making it the first...
- Apr 3, 2021
- 2 min
April 3, 2009: Iowa court asserts gays can marry
ON THIS DAY IN 2009… The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that state law limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples unfairly excludes "disfavored...
- Apr 1, 2021
- 2 min
April 1, 2001: Netherlands legalizes same-sex marriage
ON THIS DAY IN 2001.... The Netherlands became the first country on earth to permit same-sex couples to marry on equal terms to same-sex...
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
March 26, 2013: Supreme Court hears Prop 8 case
ON THIS DAY IN 2013… The U.S. Supreme Court heard a challenge to California’s Proposition 8, the first-ever case related to same-sex...