Marriage Equality #9
part 9
April 24, 2013: Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signs a freedom to marry bill into law hours after it is approved by the Rhode Island Senate. The bill had already been approved overwhelmingly by the RI House. The freedom to marry will take effect in the state on August 1, 2013.
May 7, 2013: Delaware Governor Jack Markell signs a freedom to marry bill into law immediately after it is approved by the Delaware Senate. The freedom to marry will take effect in the state on July 1, 2013.
May 14, 2013: Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signs a freedom to marry bill into law after both houses of the Minnesota legislature overwhelmingly approve the marriage bill. The freedom to marry will take effect on August 1, 2013.
June 26, 2013: The Supreme Court of the United States announces its decisions in two landmark cases dealing with the freedom to marry, overturning Section 3 of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and dismissing the challenge to Proposition 8, letting a lower court ruling stand and restoring the freedom to marry in California.
October 21, 2013: Same-sex couples begin marrying at midnight in New Jersey after a ruling declaring the freedom to marry across the state in a case brought by Lambda Legal. Just hours after weddings begin in NJ, Gov. Chris Christie drops his appeal, halting efforts to restrict marriage to different-sex couples. The freedom to marry is the law of the land, making NJ the 14th state where same-sex couples can marry.
November 13, 2013: Governor Neil Abercrombie signs the freedom to marry into law in Hawaii after a three-week Special Session where legislators discussed why marriage matters to same-sex couples and their families. At last, Hawaii has completed its 20-year journey on the freedom to marry. Read more about that 20-year journey HERE. Same-sex couples begin marrying in Illinois on December 2, 2013.
November 20, 2013: Governor Pat Quinn signs the freedom to marry into law in Illinois after it was approved earlier in the year by the Illinois Senate and House. Same-sex couples were scheduled to begin marrying in Illinois in June 2014, until a federal judge ruled in favor of the freedom to marry in February 2014 in a case brought by Lambda Legal, moving the start date in many Illinois counties earlier.
April 24, 2013: Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signs a freedom to marry bill into law hours after it is approved by the Rhode Island Senate. The bill had already been approved overwhelmingly by the RI House. The freedom to marry will take effect in the state on August 1, 2013.
May 7, 2013: Delaware Governor Jack Markell signs a freedom to marry bill into law immediately after it is approved by the Delaware Senate. The freedom to marry will take effect in the state on July 1, 2013.
May 14, 2013: Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signs a freedom to marry bill into law after both houses of the Minnesota legislature overwhelmingly approve the marriage bill. The freedom to marry will take effect on August 1, 2013.
June 26, 2013: The Supreme Court of the United States announces its decisions in two landmark cases dealing with the freedom to marry, overturning Section 3 of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and dismissing the challenge to Proposition 8, letting a lower court ruling stand and restoring the freedom to marry in California.
October 21, 2013: Same-sex couples begin marrying at midnight in New Jersey after a ruling declaring the freedom to marry across the state in a case brought by Lambda Legal. Just hours after weddings begin in NJ, Gov. Chris Christie drops his appeal, halting efforts to restrict marriage to different-sex couples. The freedom to marry is the law of the land, making NJ the 14th state where same-sex couples can marry.
November 13, 2013: Governor Neil Abercrombie signs the freedom to marry into law in Hawaii after a three-week Special Session where legislators discussed why marriage matters to same-sex couples and their families. At last, Hawaii has completed its 20-year journey on the freedom to marry. Read more about that 20-year journey HERE. Same-sex couples begin marrying in Illinois on December 2, 2013.
November 20, 2013: Governor Pat Quinn signs the freedom to marry into law in Illinois after it was approved earlier in the year by the Illinois Senate and House. Same-sex couples were scheduled to begin marrying in Illinois in June 2014, until a federal judge ruled in favor of the freedom to marry in February 2014 in a case brought by Lambda Legal, moving the start date in many Illinois counties earlier.