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After Ten Years, 51% Of Americans Live In States With Legal Same-Sex Marriage

Doug Mataconis · Thursday, June 5, 2014 · 2 comments

German Lopez at Vox notes that, as of June 1st, when same-sex marriages began in Illinois, 51% of the population of the U.S. now lives in a state where same-sex marriage is legal.

David Mendoza created this animated GIF to show just how much things have changed over the past ten years:

Something tells me it won’t take ten years for the remaining 49% of America to be included in that map.

FILED UNDER: Law and the Courts, US Politics, Illinois, same-sex marriage

About Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.

Comments

Jeremy says:

Thursday, 5 June 2014 at 16:38

“B-B-B-But how can it be so popular when it constantly gets voted down in ballots?”

Yes, that is a conservative argument against this. Although I use the term “argument” loosely.
DrDaveT says:

Friday, 6 June 2014 at 14:05

So on average I can now marry half a man? Which half?