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The first state to allow same-sex marriage was Massachusetts, which granted the right in 2004. In recent years, a wave of legal rulings and a dramatic shift in public opinion have expanded gay marriage in the US. In 2012, the high court struck down a federal anti same-sex marriage law.
The Court did not invalidate state bans on same-sex marriage until Obergefell, but rather decided that the U.S. must recognize state-sanctioned same-sex marriages. Below is a look at how the Defense of Marriage Act came about and its legal effects before the Supreme Court's 2013 ruling and finally Obergefell in 2015.