The push for same-sex marriage kicked off in spring 2004, when the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that limiting marriage to heterosexual couples was unconstitutional. It was a decision that made waves from coast to coast ever since, this year rallying New York state officials to join the big gay wedding party with its own ratification.
But with the legal landscape for gay nuptials ever evolving, what's the state-of-the-unions like for those six equality-minded territories where lesbians and gay men are lining up for licenses? Here's a rundown of how things stand for those ready to tie the knot in Massachusetts, Iowa, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York, as well as in Washington, D.C., and Oregon's Coquille Nation.
Photo Caption: On the steps of City Hall in San Francisco, during the brief period when gay & lesbian couples could marry in California. Photo by Marc Love/Flickr.com.
