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2006 2006 2005 - CONNECTICUT CIVIL UNIONS LEGAL 81*, 2005 2008 59 4g% % /1g, Governor Jodi Rell signs a bill legalizing civil unions. IOWA 75° 2004 KNOT TIED LEGAL |% 25 2005 - OREGON BAN BANNED BAN 24 The Oregon Supreme Court rules that same-sex marriages performed earlier in Multnomah Count were illegal. The California Supreme Court will soon hand down its decision on whether or BAN TENNESEE WISCONSIN not Proposition 8 violates the state constitution. As it has deliberated, lowa, Maine, and Vermont have all made same-sex marriage legal, while the rush to i the changes BAN TEXAS 2006 2008 2004, ban the practice by popular vote slowed in 2008. This timeline 81* OKLAHOMA to state same-sex marriage laws shows where state laws were changed via 63/ 62 38 % 37 | % legislatures, courts, or voters. 2004 1g* ELECTED OFFICIALS 1 VOTERS 2006, BAN COURTS 2A BAN BAN 57/ 2004 FLORIDA UTAH 2002 BAN ALABAMA 2008 CONN. 1994 - HAWAII GEORGIA BAN 2006 67*/3 BANNED In response to a ruling from the state Supreme Court, the Hawaii Legislature passes a bill outlawing same-sex marriages % 4gih LEGAL 1% 2004 (52 VIRGINIA Ag 2006 - ARIZONA 2004 REJECT BAN 67*/33 6g Arizona voters reject a proposed amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage, with 52 percent vating against the BAN 31 BAN NEVADA amendment. 1996 - HAWAII The bill, whiich had to be 2004 BAN approved twice under Nevada law, passed with 69 percent support in 2000, LEGAL SOUTH DAKOTA igi 13 OREGON A state circuit court ruling saying same-sex marriages deserve equal protection under the law makes Hawaii the first state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage. BAN MONTANA % 27 KANSAS 2004, 2008-MAY CALIFORNIA 2000 66 70% BAN 9 |З4 2006 2009 - MAINE LEGAL 1998 2004 LEGAL ) 2008 Governor John Baldacci signs a bill legalizing same-sex marriages. % 30% NORTH DAKOTA (15 2006 69/ 56 18* % /31% % 25 NOV BAN % 22 BAN 52 BAN iji UTAH BAN 4g% 2004 BAN 2009 - VERMONT NEBRASKA 2008 LEGAL BAN The Vermont legislature passes a law legalizing same-sex marriage over Governor Jim Douglas's veto. HAWAII 59 KENTUCKY 2006 COLORADO 4p% SOUTH CAROLINA AA 63 2004 BAN, 37% BAN 627 75° 2004 38 2006 - NEW JERSEY mCIVIL UNIONS LEGAL BAN 2000 - VERMONT i CIVIL UNIONS LEGAL BAN Governor Jan Corzine signs a bill legalizing civil unions. CALIFORNIA MICHIGAN Governor Howard Dean signs a bill legalizing civil unions. % 25 ARIZONA BAN IDAHO 1998 2004 2009 2004 1998 BAN онIо 68 78 76 2000 32 % 22 61% ARKANSAS 2004 | 3g% 2004, BANNED BAN BAN 2003 MASS. 0% 24 % 29 BAN LEGAL ALASKA LOUISIANA LEGAL CALIFORNIA BAN BAN 2004 - CALIFORNIA BANNED CIVIL The California Supreme Court rules that same-sex marriages performed in the city of San Francisco were illegal. 1996 - FEDERAL LAW OKLAHOMA MISSOURI President Clinton signs the Defense of Marriage Act, which allows states to ban same-sex marriages and refuse to honor same-sex marriages from other states. SOURCES: CNN.com, The Los Angeles Times, National Conference of State Legislatures, The New York Times, Omaha World-Herald, USA Today 5.