--- description: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, effectively making gay marriage legal in all 50 states title: See Scenes of Celebration After Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf4e4ca06868f782/698858978e06012cec4612d7/supreme-court-gay-marriage-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LGBT](/tag/lgbt/) ## LGBT Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Scenes of Celebration After Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 26, 2015 3:35 PM CUT  Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, on June 26, 2015. Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, on June 26, 2015.Jacquelyn Martin—AP by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 26, 2015 3:35 PM CUT  Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, on June 26, 2015. Jacquelyn Martin—AP  Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, on June 26, 2015. Mladen Antonov—AFP/Getty Images  Gay rights supporters celebrate after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, outside the Supreme Court building in Washington, June 26, 2015. Jim Bourg—Reuters  Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, on June 26, 2015. Jim Lo Scalzo—EPA  John Becker, right, hugs his friend and fellow LGBT advocate Paul Guequierre, outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 26, 2015. Jacquelyn Martin—AP  Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, on June 26, 2015. Jim Bourg—Reuters  Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, on June 26, 2015. Mladen Antonov—AFP/Getty Images  Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, on June 26, 2015. Manuel Balce Ceneta—AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3937735/supreme-court-gay-marriage-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3937735/supreme-court-gay-marriage-photos/"},"headline":"See Scenes of Celebration After Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling","datePublished":"2015-06-26T15:35:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:46.674Z","description":"The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, effectively making gay marriage legal in all 50 states","url":"https://time.com/3937735/supreme-court-gay-marriage-photos/","keywords":["LGBT","Gay Marriage","Supreme Court","Washington","same sex marriage","photography","homosexual"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf4e4ca06868f782/698858978e06012cec4612d7/supreme-court-gay-marriage-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf4e4ca06868f782/698858978e06012cec4612d7/supreme-court-gay-marriage-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Supreme Court Gay Marriage Same Sex Marriage","caption":"Supreme Court Gay Marriage Same Sex Marriage","creditText":"Jacquelyn Martin—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/lgbt/","name":"LGBT"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3937735/supreme-court-gay-marriage-photos/","name":"See Scenes of Celebration After Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling"}}]}] ```