SC not issuing SSM licsenses

[pbrower2a]

Here's how I discuss a state acceding to SSM. I put this in the section on polls of approval and disapproval of SSM so that I need discuss a state once if necessary without needing to create a new thread. Legalization of SSM makes approval or disapproval moot.

West Virginia: the state's attorney-general gives in.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/09/west-virginia-gay-marriage_n_5960096.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-marriage

Recent YouGov map with appropriate modifications as of 2PM EST, 9 October 2014:

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 was not permanently legalized as of 2 PM EST on 9 October 2014:

Status of SSM in Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Marianas not shown.

4th circuit*
5th circuit
6th circuit*
8th circuit
9th circuit*
10th circuit*
11th circuit

*Next appeal, US Supreme court.

Colors have no political significance.

DC and all states within the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 7th 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


state in which SSM equality is in effect

....This approach allows for SSM to be approved by either legislation or initiative/referendum, a decision by an elected official to refuse to appeal a decision by a federal circuit court, or the definitive decision of the US Supreme Court.

At one time I believed that approval and disapproval were highly relevant, as the first states to accept SSM equality were those in which approval was more positive than negative. Should Florida, Michigan, or Ohio get a Democratic majority in both State houses, then I might expect SSM equality to pass in January or February if the Supreme Court doesn't make the decision on behalf of those states. 

If someone wants a thread showing the history of acceptance of SSM, state by state, then by all means set up such a thread.   

I'm not a moderator, and it is only my taste. I prefer that instead of a proliferation of threads of short-term interest that have few responses we have longer threads that can 'read' as history. This is not a question of ideology.