when was gay marriage legalized

Gay marriage was legalized nationwide in the United States on June 26, 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that all state bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional. This decision required all 50 states to recognize and allow same-sex marriages and honor out-of-state same- sex marriage licenses. Prior to this ruling, Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004, and the legalization expanded gradually across various states until the 2015 Supreme Court decision made it legal across the entire country.