11 States Where Gay Marriage is Legal

3. Connecticut

Legalized: November 12, 2008

Civil unions have been recognized since 2005, but civil rights movements in favor of same-sex unions insisted on legalizing these marriages as civil unions did not give equal rights to the same-sex couples. In the case of Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, a superior court judges ruled against those in favor of same-sex marriages, stating that “denying same-sex couples the right to marry did not violate Connecticut’s constitution”. However, this ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court of Cennecticut on October 10, 2008, which paved the way for the first marriage licenses to be issued on November 12, 2008.