Talk:Same-sex marriage legislation in the United States

message: I can't get the MA flag image to show up.  Either it is full sized or not at all.  Can anyone help me? Postcard Cathy 00:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: MA flag

message: I really hate to nitpick but the use of green checks and red xs seems to me that it defies neutral point of view. Seems to make voting yes on amendments banning same sex marriage be a positive thing. In my eyes it's a negative thing because same sex marriage does nothing to opposite sex marriage. Why must people take marriage -- which a subject of love -- and turn it into a subject of hate? I'd like to see red checks and green Xs, but that's my point of view. In the interest of neutralness, shouldn't we change it to just the words yes and no? That way neither side would feel slanted against -- nevermind the fact that this entire subject is slanted in the first place because of the two sides, the hate is only in one direction and completely unfounded in anything other than religion which isn't even supposed to affect government policies in the first place. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.254.163.104 (talk) 13:29, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red X and Green Check npov? 

message: They voted again on SSM. That should probably get added. 140.90.131.108 16:52, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  California 

message: Where is Connecticut on the "Pending efforts to define marriage through constitutional amendment" list? I bet the legislature have a big "consitutional amendment" quoting "marriage is a union between a man and a woman" [sic] (or words to that affect) plan to ban gay marriage in Connecticut very soon.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.207.230 (talk) 20:17, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connecticut 

message: The New Hampshire same sex marriage bill was erroneously listed as having a "No" outcome. Although the Senate Judiciary Commmittee recommended a no vote, this is not dispositive. The full NH Senate will vote on the bill the last week of April 2009.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.165.2.13 (talk) 06:04, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Hampshire 

message: I am planning another table for the Court action on same-sex marriages:
For example 
States;
MA, CA, CT, IO.
Votes;
4-2
4-3
6-5
6-0
Name of challenge to court
Dept of Health vs. MA
Dept of Health vs. CT
Dept of Health vs. IO 
Dept of Health vs. CA
Overturned:
CA by voters in November 2008.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.207.230 (talk) 12:11, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another table planned 

message: Thanks to everyone who's worked on the Supreme Court table, it's been long overdue, but I did notice one aspect that could be extremely confusing for people who didn't previously know the outcomes of the cases. For example, when it says [vote] "for" or "against," the Massachusetts entry says "4 for" and "3 against" while the California Prop 8 challenge says "6 for" and "1 against." What is unclear is that the court in Massachusetts ruled 4-3 that the restrictions on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, while the court in CA ruled that Prop 8 was constitutional. I know it's hard to summarize the terms of the vote in a small template, but at the present, it's very misleading, to say the least. VoodooIsland (talk) 01:26, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Supreme Court table 

message: There are several sections in this article that aren't objective, or fair. Cueball (talk) 20:56, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: for example?Olliyeah (talk) 01:17, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Objectivity and Fairness 

message: There will be NO proposed Ballot measure to repeal prop 8. Please edit that on the Ballot measures section.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.8.71.169 (talk) 16:54, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  California.  

message: After playing with the table in a sandbox for several hours, I have discovered that the art of creating collapsible tables is beyond me. Since the current table is becoming increasingly long, I thought that collapsing the material from the 1990s and 2000s would clean the article up a bit. I believed that leaving "modern" material would be more resourceful. Could someone by chance make this happen? I tried and couldn't achieve it. (Tigerghost (talk) 16:30, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collapsible table for legislation 

message: Both a marriage and a civil unions bill have been introduced and have more than one cosponsor. They should both be listed. --Smart (talk) 07:57, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wyoming 

message: Florida lawmaker introduces same-sex domestic partnership bill --Smart (talk) 07:16, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Florida 

message: SJR13 would repeal Question 2 which is the Marriage Amendment that passed back in 2002. This bill would repeal that amendment. This bill would not legalize gay marriage in the state of Nevada. This bill would need to pass in 2013 or 2014. November 2014 elections happen. Then it would need to be passed again in 2015 or 2016. 
If passed the 2nd time this would go to the voters of Nevada in November of 2016. If the amendment repeal passes. Lawmakers can then pass marriage in 2017 if they would like to or not. Domestic Partnerships I don't believe will be affected by this bill. I mean I don't believe this talks about that in the bill. However I made a new section on the page because I thought it wasn't proper to place it in efforts to enable unions because this bill wouldn't do that.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samesexmarriage101 (talk • contribs) 05:17, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nevada 

message: The Minn. House of Representatives will debate their bill on Thursday. It is not clear exactly when the Senate meets next after that (their schedule page is crap), so it is not clear when it would take up the bill after that. According to the press, the House is the more difficult chamber to get it through, suggesting if it passes Thursday, it is a fait accompli. That it has been brought up for a vote may suggest it has the votes, so keep an eye out for action on Thursday and when Senate leaders or bill sponsors say it will come up in that house. -Rrius (talk) 22:10, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minnesota House vote 

message: Not sure how much stock to put in comments by activists, but keep an eye out for a vote next week. -Rrius (talk) 20:36, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Rep. Harris, the bill's sponsor, will "absolutely" call it for a vote by May 31, and says, "When I put it up on the board, it's going to go up to win," strongly implying he does in fact have the votes. The House sits tomorrow, so a vote could come as early as then. Theoretically, it must pass by tomorrow, the deadline for third reading of Senate bills, but the Speaker can and presumably will extend the deadline. It is not clear whether the House sits over the weekend, so we'll have to keep an eye out for action on Saturday or Sunday. -Rrius (talk) 20:53, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The deadline has been extended to the 31st, and there is a Sunday session (but none on Saturday). The Sunday session may be pro forma. -Rrius (talk) 21:48, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

text: Rumor is the vote will be today. -Rrius (talk) 17:42, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illinois 

message: Proposed joint resolutions to overturn the state's constitutional prohibition of same-sex marriage were never heard from again after being assigned to committees. The legislative regular session adjourned sine die on May 30, 2013 thereby killing any chance for passage during this biennium. Fortguy (talk) 17:11, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Texas 

message: Arkansas for Equality has filed a proposed 2014 ballot initiative to amend the state's constitution to allow same-sex marriage. The state's attorney general must certify ballot wording before the necessary 78,133 registered voter signatures can be collected. Source: http://www.ktbs.com/story/22705204/arkansas-group-seeks-to-overturn-gay-marriage-ban Fortguy (talk) 17:19, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arkansas 

message: Morrissey vows to overturn Va. ban on same-sex marriage http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/morrissey-vows-to-overturn-va-ban-on-same-sex-marriage/article_0b8fd22e-6a2c-57a9-be93-263f9353b241.html --Smart (talk) 13:17, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:   Morrissey vows to overturn Va. ban on same-sex marriage  

message: Equality Florida has launched a petition seeking a repeal of the state's constitutional ban of same-sex marriages. The launch featured gay-advocacy convert Tim Hardaway, formerly of the NBA's Miami Heat, despite his previous opposition. To be successful, the petition requires the signatures of 683,149 registered voters located in 14 of the state's 27 Congressional districts and must be filed by Feb. 1, 2014. If placed on the November 2014 ballot, the proposed constitutional amendment will require a supermajority of 60% approval from voters. Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/05/florida-gay-marriage_n_3548573.html Fortguy (talk) 16:18, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Florida 2 

message: After adding a recent federal lawsuit regarding Kentucky, I noticed that the language at the top of this table actually would exclude many of the entires.  So, we should probably update the text, or the table.  
: Questions:
#  Should we split the whole table out (see below), and if so, how?  
#  Should the table only include cases which have been ruled on by a Supreme Court?  (The text says yes, several entries in the table imply otherwise.)
#  Should the table only include cases in the state judicial systems?  (The text says yes, but a couple federal cases involving state recognition are included.) 
Discussion encouraged.  (E.g., should this be split?)  --j⚛e deckertalk 05:43, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd suggest broadening the question. SSM litigation to overturn legislation is a broad topic that could easily be seen as too much to include in an article dedicated to the legislation itself. It might be better to note that a listed statute has been overturned and spin out any lists we have about lawsuits to a new article. -Rrius (talk) 07:10, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  What you are suggesting is actually my own instinct as well.  I added it as a first question. --j⚛e deckertalk 17:31, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correct scope of "Lawsuits seeking to overturn statutory bans" 

message: Should we remove New Jerseys out of state marriage bill link since it never happen and New jersy has marriage now ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.156.145 (talk) 16:40, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Jersey ? 

message: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4181879  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.78.167.84 (talk) 19:21, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colorado over turn ban court case link 

message: The 2014 ballot measure has enough signatures to qualify for ballot access. http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=17181&MediaType=1&Category=26
97.71.50.252 (talk) 05:44, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oregon  

message: I have decided to make a change with Indiana and I would like to explain why that change was made.  HJR6 was passed in the House and senate in 2011. Those votes were taken and they will be judged in history and by history. HJR6 became HJR3 this year in 2014 and it was just amended. Therefore, it is not the same bill. The old legislation and bill is dead. HJR3 and HJR6 were the same bill, they are not anymore. Therefore, the old votes should still be listed on the page and separate from the new bill. The new bill and ban is only marriage between one man and one woman. Of course this will have to pass the House tomorrow (3rd reading) This is just a change for now and for the record. We will see what happens going forward. Samesexmarriage1001 (talk) 07:02, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indiana 

message: Interesting:  — kwami (talk) 04:23, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Idaho 

message: I can't find anything concrete about the Illinois ban from 1977, and there is no reference in the table. Did the statute explicitly ban same-sex marriage in Illinois back then? All I can find is the 1996 ban. Kumorifox (talk) 21:49, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a bit of a description here. It was the first re-write of Illinois' marriage statute in more than a century, and it seems the focus was divorce, property rights, and common law marriage, not SSM in the least. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 22:52, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Illinois ban? 

message: All of these same-sex marriage legislation pages are incredibly outdated. They need to either be updated or deleted. 
Same goes for the LGBT rights in the United States page, and all of the other back-end pages about gay marriage around the Americas. 
Do we only need the one "Same-sex Marriage in the United States" page? Because thats the only one thats being updated. 
What a mess... VisaBlack (talk) 14:31, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I would be for keeping this page as an overview of landmark and defining cases, such as Windsor (landmark), Kitchen and Bishop (defining for single states), but not so much as an active page. Once the SCOTUS ruling on Obergefell is handed down, this page will be a handy overview of major legislative history, which will reduce the size of the main "Same-sex Marriage in the United States" page (which was deemed too long). Kumorifox (talk) 15:44, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delete this page, or update it? 

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message: The section is perplexing. It puts on a par bills aiming to codify gender-neutral marriage and unions and other bills that are labelled as 'expansions', whose purpose and content are quite unclear. I'd like the table to be more focused and list only the first kind of bills. Expansions or successive modifications could be footnoted or described in the respective page 'Same-sex marriage in STATE' Finedelledanze (talk) 08:12, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Efforts to enable same-sex unions