New York joins Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont & the Distric of Columbia.

[Swede]

edit to add - In a quote from Saving Private Ryan
"You gotta take Caen so you can take Saint Lo.
Captain Miller: You've got to take Saint Lo to take Valognes.
Captain Hamill: Valognes you got Cherbourg.
Captain Miller: Cherbourg you got Paris.
Captain Hamill: Paris you got Berlin.
Captain Miller: And then that big boat home. "






New York will become the sixth state to allow marriage equality, joining Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. The District of Columbia also offers marriage equality.

Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois and New Jersey permit civil unions.

California remains in limbo on marriage equality. About 18,000 same-sex couples married in California in 2008, when marriage equality was legal, but voters in November of that year narrowly passed Proposition 8, which took away same-sex marriages. Last year, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional, and that historic ruling was appealed. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is reviewing the case, awaiting a ruling in September from the California Supreme Court on the matter of standing on whether anyone other than the State of California or California State Attorney has the right to appeal the Walker ruling. Neither the State of California nor the California State Attorney supported the appeal, and many legal scholars believe that Proposition 8 supporters have no legal standing to appeal.

Meanwhile, 39 states have bans on same-sex marriage.

http://sdgln.com/news/2011/06/24/breaking-news-new-york-becomes-sixth-state-provide-same-sex-marriage

[TheWraith]

1. Kicked and recommended. nt

[woo me with science]

2. I am still smiling at Iowa.

Never would have expected that. :)

[murielm99]

3. You would be surprised how knowledgeable and

progressives Iowans can be. The repealed their anti-miscegenation law very early.

Iowans are proud to have one of the first in the nation caucuses, and their citizens are very informed.

I am not a bit surprised by this.

There are some very weird and backward places in the state. And the teabaggers got to them this time around, too. Three of the judges who voted in favor of marriage equality lost their jobs. We really do have to find a better way to get judges. Popular election of judges does not sit well with me.

[Dappleganger]

4. Awesome!!

[David__77]

5. I am waiting for California to join them - again.

I hope it is soon. When that happen, it won't just be a small minority of the population living in states with marriage rights.

[Swede]

6. Looks like September.

nt