Question: Where is Gay Marriage Legal in the United States?
Where can gays and lesbians get legally married in the US?
Answer: In the United States gays and lesbians can legally marry in:
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
- Iowa
- Vermont
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Washington
- Maryland
- Maine
- Washington, D.C.
- Delaware (July 2013)
- Minnesota (August 2013)
- Rhode Island (August 2013)
In November 2012 voters approved same-sex marriage in Maine, Washington State and Maryland.
California recognized marriage by same-sex couples between June and November of 2008, before voters approved Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to prohibit gay marriage.


