Today, we celebrate 20 years since the first same-sex weddings were legally officiated in the United States. https://twitter.com/OnlyInBOS/status/1791438516653789373 From GLAAD:
The first marriages took place on this day 20 years ago in Massachusetts following a long fight in both the state legislature and the courts.
Following the win in Massachusetts, other states followed in the same direction, most notably after groundbreaking campaigns in places across the country like New Jersey, Illinois, Washington, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, and more.
Momentum for the nationwide fight for the full freedom to marry continued in 2012 when the Supreme Court struck down the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, which had passed in 1996 and banned federal recognition of marriages between same-sex couples.
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court secured the full freedom to marry in Obergefell v. Hodges, making marriage the law of the land for all Americans.
Factoid: I actually married my hubby in Toronto about 7 months before marriage equality came to the U.S. The government of Ontario began legally recognizing same-sex marriage on June 10, 2003. https://twitter.com/glaad/status/1791561353947226397
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