Legalize Gay Marriage By Bruss Jan 1, 1984 Nation's First Domestic Partnership Law Passed Oct 10, 1987 First Mass Same-Sex Wedding Ceremony Jan 1, 1992 Same-Sex Employees Begin to Receive Domestic Partner Benefits Sep 21, 1996 Clinton Signs Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Dec 20, 1999 Vermont Supreme Court Rules on Same-Sex Couples Benefits and Protections Nov 18, 2003 State Supreme Court Decision Makes Massachusetts First U.S. State to Legalize Gay Marriage Feb 24, 2004 President Bush Announces Support for Constitutional Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage May 17, 2004 First Legal Gay Marriage in the United States Nov 4, 2008 California Voters Approve a Constitiutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage May 9, 2012 Present Obama Endorses Same-Sex Marriage Jul 7, 2012 Democratic Representative Barney Frank Became First Sitting Congressman To Enter Same-Sex Marriage Nov 1, 2012 Americans for the First Time Approved Gay Marriage in an Election Mar 7, 2013 Bill Clinton Publicly Opposed DOMA Which He Signed in 1996 Mar 18, 2013 58% of Registered American Voters Believe in Marriage Equality and should be Legalize
