The first legal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" id="mwAV4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriages</a> in the U.S. are performed in the state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Massachusetts#First_same-sex_marriages" id="mwAV8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>.