--- description: This map shows how gay marriage spread across the United States. title: This Map Shows How Gay Marriage Spread Across the U.S. image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76e9c8bcf4585460/698858b73c16391b0b458985/rainbow-flag2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Gay Marriage](/tag/gay-marriage/) ## Gay Marriage Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Map Shows How Gay Marriage Spread Across the United States by [David Johnson](/author/dave-johnson/) ## David Johnson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 26, 2015 10:20 PM CUT  People celebrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after the ruling in favor of same-sex marriage June 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. People celebrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after the ruling in favor of same-sex marriage June 26, 2015 in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [David Johnson](/author/dave-johnson/) ## David Johnson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 26, 2015 10:20 PM CUT In a historic ruling Friday, the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide by declaring unconstitutional all state bans on same-sex marriage. Click the map button below to watch how same-sex legislation has changed in the United States since Vermont legalized civil unions in 2000, followed closely by Massachusetts first legalizing same-sex marriage eleven years ago in 2004. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3938717/supreme-court-gay-marriage-map/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3938717/supreme-court-gay-marriage-map/"},"headline":"This Map Shows How Gay Marriage Spread Across the United States","datePublished":"2015-06-26T22:20:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:36:11.679Z","description":"This map shows how gay marriage spread across the United States.","url":"https://time.com/3938717/supreme-court-gay-marriage-map/","keywords":["Gay Marriage","Supreme Court","interactive studio"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76e9c8bcf4585460/698858b73c16391b0b458985/rainbow-flag2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Johnson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76e9c8bcf4585460/698858b73c16391b0b458985/rainbow-flag2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"People celebrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after the ruling in favor of same-sex marriage June 26, 2015 in Washington, DC.","caption":"People celebrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after the ruling in favor of same-sex marriage June 26, 2015 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","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/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/gay-marriage/","name":"Gay Marriage"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3938717/supreme-court-gay-marriage-map/","name":"This Map Shows How Gay Marriage Spread Across the United States"}}]}] ```