Iowa, Maine and Vermont followed in 2009, and more since, though the history of Same-*** marriage in the U.S. is storied with struggles and legislative roadblocks
The First **table state case for marriage equality was Baker v. Nelson. In 1971, couple Richard John Baker and James Michael McConnell applied for a Minneapolis marriage license with court clerk Gerald R. Nelson. They were denied, because state law required applicants to be of the opposite ***. The couple appealed to the state Supreme Court, but got denied again, on the grounds that gay marriage was deemed unconstitutional at the time Read more...