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16. Massachusetts became the first state in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage, on May 17, 2004.
Currently, 19 states (CA, CT, DE, HI, IA, IL, ME, MD, MA, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OR, PA, RI, VT, and WA) plus Washington, DC allow same-sex marriage.