40 states in the U.S. do not allow same sex marriage or civil unions,1 state has a court case pending on the issue, 1 state is undecided between legalizing or not legalizing same sex marriage, 6 states allow same sex marriage and 2 states have no laws for the issue. After California went through the legalization of same sex marriage, proposition 8 took the right away. Now a court case is pending to bring the same sex marriage law back to C.A. In November, 2004, Oregon state voted to pass Measure 36, defining marriage as between a man and a women. This puts the 2,961 same sex married couples in the state of Oregon in a "limbo". New York and Rhode Island have no laws either banning or allowing same sex marriage in their states. Links: http://marriage.about.com/cs/marriagelicenses/a/samesexcomp.htm
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