English: Laws Regarding Same-Sex Partnerships in the United States
Same-sex marriages
Unions granting rights similar to marriage or limited/enumerated rights (marriage may be banned)
No specific prohibition of or allowance for same-sex marriages or unions
Statute bans same-sex marriage
Constitution bans same-sex marriage
Constitution bans same-sex marriage and other kinds of same-sex unions
1May include recent laws or court decisions which have created legal recognition of same-sex relationships, but which have not entered into effect yet.
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2009-05-18T20:51:58Z Fortuynist 959x593 (86458 Bytes) Correct WA from constitutionban to statuteban
2009-05-18T17:32:51Z Haha169 959x593 (86659 Bytes) http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=10380517&nav=menu484_2 -> WA similar per article (NBC)
2009-05-14T02:49:40Z Athelwulf 959x593 (86651 Bytes) More human-readable; states are organized in alphabetical order rather than geographical.
2009-05-06T22:25:24Z Fortuynist 959x593 (86879 Bytes) RI gray per talk
2009-05-06T18:06:48Z Danlev 959x593 (87007 Bytes) Added Maine
2009-05-05T00:23:55Z Wikignome0529 959x593 (87128 Bytes) Washington state: changed blue stripe to green stripe per talk (governor has not yet signed expanded rights into law)
2009-04-25T20:09:56Z Thegreyanomaly 959x593 (87131 Bytes) making Delaware more discernable from Maryland.
2009-04-23T22:55:26Z Fortuynist 959x593 (87131 Bytes) New Jersey has no statute banning same-sex marriage, see talk
2009-04-23T16:42:03Z Thegreyanomaly 959x593 (87353 Bytes) Lewis v. Harris did not get rid of the statute in NJ.
2009-04-18T06:11:30Z Thegreyanomaly 959x593 (87131 Bytes) putting categories in rainbow order per talk
2009-04-16T20:18:49Z Fortuynist 959x593 (87007 Bytes) The idea and precedent behind the stripes is that one is for negative rights and one for positive rights where applicable. Therefore I am removing the civil union markers for Connecticut and Vermont, consistent with requests
2009-04-16T19:58:07Z Fortuynist 959x593 (87751 Bytes) Make NJ full green, by request and reason on the talk page: domestic partnerships were pruned to irrelevancy with the introduction of civil unions in that state.
2009-04-16T16:25:09Z Haha169 959x593 (88146 Bytes) WA -> full domestic partnership bill signed by governor
2009-04-11T13:35:49Z Hekerui 959x593 (88197 Bytes) {{Information |Description={{en|State of [[:w:en:Same-sex unions|same-sex unions]] in the [[:w:en:Same-sex unions in the United States|United States]].}} |Source=*[[:File:Samesex_marriage_in_USA.svg|]] |Date=2009-04-11 14:35
2009-04-11T12:44:34Z Wikignome0529 959x593 (87868 Bytes) Reverted to version as of 18:48, 10 April 2009
2009-04-11T10:32:19Z Wikignome0529 959x593 (87955 Bytes) CORRECTION: Rhode Island to grey
2009-04-11T10:26:03Z Wikignome0529 959x593 (87958 Bytes) CORRECTION: New Mexico to grey (no recognition, not banned by statute or constitution)
2009-04-11T10:19:49Z Wikignome0529 959x593 (87868 Bytes) Reverted to version as of 10:16, 11 April 2009
2009-04-11T10:16:06Z Wikignome0529 959x593 (87868 Bytes) undo last upload (Colorado showing as black)
2009-04-11T10:15:32Z Wikignome0529 959x593 (87973 Bytes) UPDATED: Colorado to striped limited unions/constitution-ban, CORRECTION: New Mexico to grey (no recognition, but not banned by statute or constitution)
2009-04-10T18:48:37Z Ctjf83 959x593 (87868 Bytes) VT has unions until Sept 1
2009-04-08T15:41:15Z Fortuynist 959x593 (88078 Bytes) When the SSM legislation in Vermont takes effect, civil unions will no longer be offered. Make Vermont solid marriage (actually it still really uses stripes in the SVG, if you can fix that it would be great...)
2009-04-07T19:21:11Z Ctjf83 959x593 (87867 Bytes) My error
2009-04-07T19:19:45Z Ctjf83 959x593 (150784 Bytes) {{Colour blind|red-green color blindness|Red and green should be avoided on the same map -- For more information, see [[:en:Category:Articles with images not understandable by color blind users]].}} {{en| Laws Regarding Same-
2009-04-03T19:54:24Z From Selma to Stonewall 959x593 (87867 Bytes) restore text-editable SVG (please don't use Inkscape to update this in the future!)
2009-04-03T14:03:28Z Ronline 959x593 (91829 Bytes) update Iowa per court ruling
2008-11-27T00:30:25Z From Selma to Stonewall 959x593 (87906 Bytes) Restore distinction between SSM banned-by-statue and states where marriage is undefined by law, and text-editable SVG