Which States Ban Gay Marriage?

Question: Which States Ban Gay Marriage?

Which states have bans against gay marriage? Many states have constitutional bans on gay marriage, others have passed laws through their legislatures. Here is a listing of each state's ruling on gay marriage.

Answer: Twenty-nine states have a constitutional ban restricting marriage to one man and one woman. Those states are:

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California (with the passage of Prop 8)
• Colorado
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Idaho
• Louisiana
• Michigan
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Virginia

The following states have laws that ban gay marriage and limit marriage to one man and one woman (but it is not in their constitutions):

• Arizona
• Delaware
• Florida
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Maine
• Maryland
• Minnesota
• North Carolina
• Pennsylvania
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wyoming

_{Information provided by Human Rights Campaign, updated 05/09/2012}