File:List of U.S. state and territorial statutes banning same-sex unions.svg

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Description	English: List of U.S. state and territorial statutes and codes, along with the Code of the District of Columbia, recognizing or prohibiting same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships Statute recognizes same-sex marriage and civil unions and/or domestic partnerships Statute recognizes same-sex marriage only Statute neither recognizes or prohibits same-sex marriage civil unions and domestic partnerships Statute prohibits same-sex marriage (not enforceable) Statute prohibits same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships (not enforceable)
Date	7 March 2016
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Author	AHC300

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:49, 15 June 2026	512 × 317 (40 KB)	Delcoan	Reverted to version as of 21:10, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
	16:48, 15 June 2026	919,681 × 351,649 (40 KB)	Delcoan	NM and MA do not define marriage in their state statutes. https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB10866
	21:10, 25 July 2025	512 × 317 (40 KB)	Ratherous	Per request, no source for statutory ban in Nebraska
	04:16, 17 April 2025	512 × 317 (40 KB)	Ratherous	Fix Georgia
	05:23, 26 March 2025	512 × 317 (54 KB)	Robsalerno	Colorado enacted recognition of same-sex marriage
	06:52, 13 November 2024	512 × 317 (55 KB)	Robsalerno	Colorado's statutes ban same-sex marriage, but allow civil unions.
	10:30, 30 October 2024	512 × 317 (54 KB)	Robsalerno	The previous version was woefully inaccurate and confusingly labelled. This version clarifies which states have civil unions, which have marriage in statutes, and which have statues that ban marriage or both.
	04:53, 11 August 2023	959 × 593 (113 KB)	Gengeros
	12:23, 8 August 2023	959 × 593 (113 KB)	Gengeros
	12:08, 8 August 2023	959 × 593 (113 KB)	Gengeros