Same-sex marriage Timeline of Events

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Same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender. Supporters of legal recognition for same-sex marriage typically refer to such recognition as marriage equality....

Timeline of Events

2004

5.17.2004

Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.

2005

12.15.2005

Latvia amends its constitution to eliminate possibility of same-sex couples being entitled to marry.

2008

5.15.2008

California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.

2009

5.1.2009

Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.