As Tim pointed out, “separate but equal” never is equal.

I would also really like to see a “prediction” of this map in 5, 10, and 20 years.

I had not noticed until now, but New Mexico is now officially the only state in the union to never pass anything one way or another on this issue — congratulations! (now pass a civil union law, please).

No problem! Glad I could help clear that up.

@Ocono:

CA recognizes gay marriages from other states, but only such marriages entered into prior to November 4, 2008. After that date, no SSMs are recognized, regardless of where the SSMs were entered into.

I am sure that CA keeps annual divorce statistics like every other state, and I would strongly suspect that they break out the same-sex divorces. However, while I have seen statistics on gay divorce in the Netherlands, Vermont, and Canada, I have not seen anything on CA. A study or report may be out there, but I haven’t seen it.

Well, no, it’s not “any person or institution who feels like ignoring it.” The only folks who can ignore civil unions are churches and church-run groups.

And just how often do you need recognition from churches and church-run groups? Hospitals can’t ignore it if they accept Medicare.

Does California recognise same-sex marriages performed elsewhere?

TRiG.

Sorry… that “nearly” should have been in both or neither.

I’m using “all the rights” although I know someone will quibble and point out some minor distinction. And the truth is that minor distinctions can occur even when the intent is exact duplication. It is part of the nature of “separate but equal” that equality is elusive.

Also, what is the deal with the law they passed about marriages in other states/countries from before Prop 8?

On the comments above about CA: the 18,000 couples are fully married and will remain so until death or divorce do they part. The real significance of this is that the “definition of marriage” has been changed in California for the past 3 years. It doesn’t matter if there are 18,000 married gay couples, 1,800, or 18. The definition is still altered. Yet oddly enough, neither NOM nor the Prop 8 proponents are tracking societal breakdown in the state, nor are they taking any steps to do a clean-up proposition to dissolve the 18,000 gay marriages.