State Defense of Marriage Acts (DOMA)

Summary of DOMA Statutes

 

States with Marriage Recognition Laws (39)

 

Alabama	Illinois	Montana*	Tennessee
Alaska*	Indiana	Nebraska*	Texas
Arizona	Iowa	Nevada*	Utah*
Arkansas*	Kansas*	New Hampshire	Virginia
California	Kentucky*	North Carolina	Washington
Colorado	Louisiana*	North Dakota*	West Virginia
Delaware	Maine	Ohio*
Florida	Michigan*	Oklahoma*
Georgia*	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Hawaii*	Mississippi*	South Carolina
Idaho	Missouri*	South Dakota

 

States with Amendments, but no DOMA

 

Oregon*

 

States without Marriage Recognition Laws (11)

 

Connecticut	New Jersey	Rhode Island	Wyoming
Maryland	New Mexico	Vermont
Massachusetts	New York	Wisconsin

 

* Constitutional amendment