Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Same Sex Marriages, Who Supports Them

Same Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships
Last Update: June, 2007

  • Issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples: Masschusetts
  • Recognizes same-sex marriages from other states: Rhode Island
  • Allows civil unions, providing state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples: Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire (1/1/08)
  • Statewide law provides nearly all state-level spousal rights to unmarried couples (Domestic Partnerships): California, Oregon
  • Statewide law provides some state-level spousal rights to unmarried couples: Hawaii, Maine, District of Columbia, Washington...full story

1 comment:

Christian` said...

I think that what accepting a same sex marriage is the beginning of the end.