June 25: Boulder County, Colorado, begins issuing marriage licenses to similar-intercourse couples, regardless of a keep of the earlier day’s ruling. July 21: Pueblo County, Colorado, stops issuing marriage licenses to identical-intercourse couples. October 21: U.S. District Judge Juan Manuel Perez-Gimenez upholds Puerto Rico’s ban on same-sex marriage, concluding that Baker v. Nelson is binding on federal courts. August 21: U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lewis Hinkle rules in two circumstances that Florida’s ban on same-intercourse marriage is unconstitutional and stays his determination pending attraction. March 21: In DeBoer v. Snyder, U.S. October 17: U.S. District Judge John Sedwick guidelines that Arizona’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional in Connolly v. Jeanes. September 12: U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick orders Arizona to acknowledge one similar-intercourse marriage on a loss of life certificate while he considers a lawsuit challenging Arizona’s ban on same-sex marriage. October 7: Same-intercourse marriage begins in Colorado after Attorney General John Suthers orders all counties within the state to difficulty same-sex marriage licenses.
May 20: U.S. District Court Judge John Jones strikes down Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage. July 31: In a unanimous determination, the Wisconsin Supreme Court rules that a 2009 legislation permitting identical-sex couples to apply for home partnerships does not violate the state’s Marriage Protection Amendment. August 4: Florida Circuit Judge Dale Cohen strikes down the state’s ban on same-intercourse marriage as applied to Broward County. July 11: Pueblo County, Colorado, begins issuing marriage licenses to same-intercourse couples. July 10: Denver County, Colorado begins issuing marriage licenses to identical-intercourse couples after a state choose guidelines that the Boulder County clerk is underneath no obligation to cease issuing such licenses despite the state’s ban on gay marriage. September 22: State Judge Edward D. Rubin guidelines that Louisiana’s ban on similar-intercourse marriage is unconstitutional. October 12: U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess guidelines in Hamby v. Parnell that Alaska’s ban on similar-sex marriage is unconstitutional, immediately legalizing identical-intercourse marriage there.
July 9: Judge C. Scott Crabtree of Colorado’s seventeenth Judicial District Court strikes down Colorado’s same-sex marriage ban. July 23: U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore strikes down Colorado’s same-sex marriage ban. June 25: Ruling 2-1 in Kitchen v. Herbert, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down Utah’s identical-intercourse marriage ban. October 6: The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals lifts stays in two circumstances, ordering Oklahoma and Utah to problem similar-intercourse marriage licenses. July 18: The Colorado Supreme Court orders the clerk of Denver County to stop issuing marriage licenses to identical-sex couples. July 29: The Colorado Supreme Court orders the Boulder County clerk to cease issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. April 14: U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black rules in Henry v. Himes that Ohio must acknowledge similar-sex marriages from different jurisdictions. April 10: U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Young, in the case of Baskin v. Bogan, orders the state of Indiana to recognize the identical-intercourse marriage of a terminally ill girl. July 17: Florida Circuit Judge Luis M. Garcia, ruling in Huntsman v. Heavilin, strikes down the state’s ban on similar-sex marriage with respect to Monroe County.
May 9: Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza strikes down Arkansas’s ban on same-intercourse marriage. October 10: U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr., ruling on the whole Synod of the United Church of Christ v. Cooper, strikes down North Carolina’s ban on same-intercourse marriage. November 4: U.S. District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree rules in Marie v. Moser that Kansas’s ban on similar-sex marriage is unconstitutional. June 25: U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Young strikes down Indiana’s ban on same-intercourse marriage. May 19: U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane strikes down Oregon’s ban on same-intercourse marriage. June 6: U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb strikes down Wisconsin’s ban on identical-sex marriage. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to consider Bostic on October 6, West Virginia recognizes identical-sex marriage when state officials concede their ban is unconstitutional based on Fourth Circuit’s ruling in that case. The Fourth Circuit does the same for Virginia.