The Most Important Events That Changed History Forever

Marriage Equality in the U.S. (2015)

Same-sex marriage was made legal nationwide with the Obergefell v. Hodges decision. On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court struck down all state bans on same-sex marriage, legalized it in all fifty states, and required states to honor out-of-state same-sex marriage licenses. The first state to legalize same-sex marriage was Massachusetts on May 17, 2004.

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