SSM Snapshot

Down at the Village Voice, Kristen Lombardi must have had a slow morning. She (bless her) laid out the current state-by-state status of same-sex-marriage and related legislation and voter efforts.

Her snapshot includes:

• Most recent anti-gay-marriage amendment approved by both the legislature and voters: Kansas, in April
• The 17 other states where bans exist: Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah
• Amendments approved and scheduled for a popular vote: Texas (in November); Alabama, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (all in 2006)
• Amendments now pending in legislatures: Delaware, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, Wisconsin
• Amendments requiring a second legislative vote: Virginia (in 2006), Indiana (in 2007)
• Amendments that have failed in legislatures this year: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Washington
• Statutes permitting gay marriages passed by a legislature: California
• Statutes permitting gay marriages pending in a legislature: New York
• Statutes permitting gay marriages that failed in legislatures: Maine, Rhode Island
• Statutes banning gay marriages pending in legislatures: New Jersey, New York
• Statutes banning gay marriages that failed in legislatures: Maryland, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Wyoming
• Lawsuits asking for the right to marry: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, Washington, Maryland
• Lawsuits against some form of anti-gay amendment: Nebraska, Georgia, Ohio, Oregon
• States considering opening marriage laws: New Hampshire, through its Marriage Commission
• States where anti-gay activists are trying to force a referendum: California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Arizona