Maps
The Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life released new maps in April 2008 including states allowing marriage, civil unions or domestic partnerships; states prohibiting gay couples from getting married; and a table of state laws.
Click on any map below for a printable pdf.
Marriage and Relationship Recognition
Updated: May 16, 2008
2007 Proposed State Bills Ending Marriage Discrimination
Updated: December 5, 2007
2007 Proposed Broad Measures Short of Marriage
Updated: December 5, 2007
States Banning Interracial Marriage in 1967
Why Marriage Matters America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry.
By Evan Wolfson
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Read families’ stories about how marriage discrimination affects everyday life. These stories communicate, in concrete ways, how the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage hurts families and helps no one.
Start in The Marriage Basics to get short answers to your big questions about the freedom to marry, and learn more about the protections and responsibilities of marriage, the historical background for this civil rights movement, why separate is not equal, and so much more.
