Which States Ban Gay Marriage?

Question: Which States Ban Gay Marriage?

Only Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and Washington, DC allow gay marriage, but 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: Thirty 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
• Wisconsin

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}