States with full legalization of SSM as of 1 May, 2014 (white)
[glow=lightblue,2,300]States getting full legalization of SSM in October 2014[/glow]
[glow=aqua,2,300]States getting full legalization of SSM in November 2014[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]States getting full legalization of SSM in January 2015[/glow]
[glow=lightgreen,2,300]States getting full legalization of SSM in February 2015[/glow]
Method of legalization of SSM:
Method of legalization of SSM
resulting from a state court decision invalidating an SSM ban
resulting from state legislation
resulting from the decision of the DC Council
resulting from a statewide initiative or referendum
resulting from a decision by the US Supreme Court
resulting from a decision by a federal court subsidiary to the US Supreme Court
Obergfell vs. Hodges apparently settles the issue for all but some local resistance on June 26, 2015. It specifically invalidates outlawry of same-sex marriage in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Arkansas. Georgia, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota governments quickly accept that it applies to them too. After Louisiana and Mississippi, Texas is last, with piecemeal acceptance at first.
No further maps are needed. There is no appeal beyond the US Supreme Court -- not public opinion, not the President, not Congress, not the United Nations, not the angels, and not even God Almighty.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.