The first couple to receive a same-sex wedding license after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay unions was married Friday by the same judge who struck down the ban in Arkansas last year.
Earnie Matheson, 65, and Tony Chiaro, 73, showed up at the Pulaski County Courthouse about an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision. They applied for and were granted a license at the clerk's office while reporters hovered around them and then embarked back into the rotunda to find someone to conduct the ceremony and wed them.
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jun/26/pulaski-county-clerk-will-review-marriage-opinion-/White -- SSM equality by law.
Yellow -- toss-up
States in white (and DC) already have legalized same-sex marriages. Other states are coded by district in those in which SSM will not have been permanently legalized as of 10 AM EST on 26 June 2015:
Status of SSM in Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Marianas not shown.
5th circuit8th circuitColors for districts have no other political significance.
DC and all states within the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,
6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, and
11th appellate districts have legalized SSM.
Here are the numbers:
Compiled results are listed below. The headers for each column are: State/ Support Legalising Gay Marriage/ Oppose Legalising Gay Marriage/ Net Support.
MA 71 19 +52
VT 71 20 +51
RI 68 20 +48
NH 63 24 +39
CT 61 26 +35
NY 61 27 +34
HI 59 26 +33
CA 58 31 +27
ME 63 37 +26
NM 57 32 +25
WA 57 32 +25
NV 55 31 +24
DE 54 31 +23
NJ 54 32 +22
OR 56 35 +21
IA 53 33 +20
IL 53 33 +20
CO 54 35 +19
MN 52 34 +18
AK 50 36 +14
WI 51 37 +14
MD 48 36 +12
PA 49 38 +11
ND 48 39 +9
MI 47 39 +8
AZ 47 40 +7
VA 47 40 +7
FL 46 40 +6
OH 45 40 +5
MT 45 41 +4
KS 44 41 +3
SD 43 43 0
IN 43 45 -2
NC 42 46 -4
MO 41 47 -6
NE 40 46 -6
LA 39 46 -7
WV 39 48 -9
GA 37 47 -10
SC 37 47 -10
KY 38 50 -12
TX 37 50 -13
OK 37 51 -14
WY 33 50 -17
ID 33 51 -18
AR 32 54 -22
UT 34 56 -22
MS 29 56 -27
TN 29 58 -29
AL 28 60 -32
US 48 39 +9[/quote]