Gay marriage declared legal across the US in historic supreme court ruling With 5-4 ruling in Obergefell v Hodges, justices determine right to marriage equality is

Jun 25, 2015 · Map: Same-sex marriage in the United States. Updated 12:05 PM ET, Fri June 26, 2015. In a landmark opinion, a divided Supreme Court ruled on June 26th that

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a Houston case that top conservatives hope will provide an opening to challenge the

Jun 25, 2015 · In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the court ruled, 5-4, that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage.

Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is marriage between people of the same sex, either as a secular civil ceremony or in a religious setting.

Gay marriage legalization is correlated with lower divorce rates, while gay marriage bans are correlated with higher divorce rates. Massachusetts,

Jun 25, 2015 · The country’s views of same-sex marriage have transformed since 2004, when Massachusetts became the first state to allow gay couples to wed. In 2013, the

The movement to obtain civil marriage rights and benefits for same-sex couples in the United States began in the 1970s. In the 1971 case Baker v.

Media caption The morning gay marriage came to the US. The US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the United States.

Jun 26, 2015 · In a historic development for gay rights and the institution of marriage, the Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the constitutional right