As of right now, there are five states that allow same-sex marriage; Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Iowa and Vermont. The District of Columbia also allows same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage was legal in both California and Maine, but got overturned by voters. California had same-sex marriage from 2004-2008 when it was voted again by the people. Proposition 8 would make it so that only heterosexual couples could marry in California. The bill was passed, and same-sex marriage was illegal in California, leaving people who had same-sex marriages in California in a weird limbo. Some states allow Civil Unions or Domestic Partnerships, which has many of the same rights as a married heterosexual couple. Other states just ban it all together.
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"Same-Sex Marriage." Current Issues: Macmillian Social Science Library. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 25 Mar. 2011.
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