What is Same-sex marriage in the United States?
[[File:Percent of US states with same sex marriage.svg|thumbnail|Same-sex marriage became legal in all 50 states on June 26, 2015.]] [[File:Same-sex marriage in the United States.svg|thumb|'''Status of same-sex marriage in the United States in 2019''' {{Legend|#025|Performed}} {{legend|#90C|Recognized but not performed}} {{legend|#CCC|Not recognized}} {{legend striped|#025|#CCC|(mixed jurisdiction; not recognized by tribal government)|up=yes}} {{legend striped|#025|#90C|(mixed jurisdiction; not performed by tribal government)|up=yes}}]] '''Same-sex marriage''' is recognized in all of the [[United States]]. As of May 2014, same-sex marriage was legal in 19 states: [[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], [[Hawaii]], [[Illinois]], [[Iowa]], [[Maine]], [[Maryland]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Minnesota]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New Jersey]], [[New Mexico]], [[Oregon]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Vermont]] and [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. It was also legal in [[Washington, D.C.]]. On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is legal in all states, because of the 14th Amendment. The movement to give marriage rights and benefits to [[homosexuality|homosexual]] couples in the United States began in the 1970s. It grew in United States politics around 1993 when the Supreme Court of [[Hawaii]] declared the prohibition in that state to be unconstitutional. It was not until around the 21st century that public support for same-sex marriage began growing. On May 9, 2012, [[Barack Obama]] was the first [[President of the United States|President]] to declare public support for the legalization of same-sex marriage. On June 26, 2015 the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] ruled that Section 3 of the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] is unconstitutional (see [[United States v. Windsor]]). That section prevented the [[United States|federal government]] from recognizing marriages other than marriages between one man and one woman. On December 13, 2022,