Voters in four states faced same-sex marriage ballot questions on Nov. 6, 2012.
Maine
By a 53 percent to 47 percent margin, voters approved a citizen-initiated ballot measure to allow the State of Maine to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Maryland
Voters decided 52 percent to 48 percent in favor of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, which the Maryland General Assembly passed in February 2012.
Minnesota
Voters rejected a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage by a margin of 51 percent to 48 percent.
Washington
Voters upheld a law to legalize same-sex marriage by a 53 percent to 47 percent margin.
Same-sex marriage stories
- White House says Prop 8 violates the Constitution
February 28, 2013
Maine has also signed onto friend-of-the-court briefs defending the right to civil marriage for all couples, along with 100 prominent Republicans.
- Rhode Island House approves gay marriage
January 24, 2013
The bill now goes to the Senate. Rhode Island is currently the only state in New England that doesn't allow same-sex couples to wed.
- Gay marriage supporters in Illinois look to next session
January 4, 2013
A Senate committee voted 8-5 late Thursday in favor of a bill that would allow gay marriage. But with key supporters absent, Senate Democrats delayed a full floor vote.
- More than 40 gay couples licensed to wed in Maine
December 29, 2012
In communities all over the state, same-sex couples obtain licenses to stand for the first time before their friends and family and be able to say: 'We're married!'
- One couple's march to matrimony
December 29, 2012
Lisa Gorney and Donna Galluzzo acknowledge: 'It really was a historic night.'
- Owners hope arrival of gay marriage boosts Maine businesses
December 28, 2012
Florists, bakeries, restaurants and others could see gains, but some expect the impact to build over time.
- Opposed to same-sex marriage, company ends wedding business
December 28, 2012
At odds with Maryland's legalization of same-sex marriage, the owner of a wedding-related business has decided to close down rather than provide services to gay couples.
- Both sides in Maine look forward to Supreme Court action
December 8, 2012
The justices' move to take up gay marriage could have a major impact in other states like Maine.
- Gay marriage brings love ... bureaucracy
December 16, 2012
The state expects to have marriage licenses and joint-filing tax rules set for same-sex couples well before Dec. 29.
- Supreme Court will hear gay marriage cases
December 7, 2012
By taking up California's ban on same-sex unions, the justices could decide whether gay Americans have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals.
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