History of Gay Marriage
What happened in 1971?
Baker v. Nelson -Two male University of Minnesota students applied for a marriage license. -Minnesota state law didn't explicitly state the required sexes of the two applicants. -They were denied and appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Denial sustained
What happened in 2008?
CA SC rules 4-3 that same sex marriage ban is unconstitutional
What happened in 2005?
CA legislature attempts to legalize same sex marriage governer vetoes
What happened in 2004? (post-SF)
CA voids them
What happened in 1999?
CA was the first state to allow domestic partnerships
What happened in 1993?
Hawaii SC says denying same sex marriage is unconstitutional
What happened in 1998?
Hawaii upholds federal ban on same sex marriage via a referendum
What happened in 2013?
Hollingsworth v Perry -the sponsors of prop 8 tried to appeal -said proponents of prop 8 of previous ruling could not appeal because they lacked standing
What happened in 1973?
Maryland was the first to legally ban same sex marriage
What happened in 2003?
Massachu. SC declares same sex marriage constitutional
What happened in 2015?
Obergefell v Hodges -states must recognize -marriages have equal protection of the law
What happened between 1973-1992?
Other states including CA (in 1977) banned same sex marriage by clarifying man+woman definition
What happened in 1996?
Passage of DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) signed by Clinton -establish federal definition of man + woman -states dont need to recognize each others same sex marriages
What happened in 2000?
Prop 22 passed to close the loophole in the 1977 CA family code which allowed the recognition of other states
What happened in 2008
Prop 8 gets put on ballot - defining marriage once again
What happened in 2004?
SF Major Gavin Newsome issues same sex marriage licenses
What happened in 2009?
Straus v. Horton -case that maintains prop 8 is constit -old marriage licenses still valid
What happened in 2013 after Hollingsworth v perry?
US v. Windsor - fed def was unconstitutional, states still did not need to recognize
What happened in 1992?
Washington DC first to allow domestic partnerships
What happened in 2007?
the same thing, gov vetoes
