Talk:Same-sex marriage legislation in the United States by state

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[edit] Expansion of article

I think the article could be expanded on and improved in at least two areas. First, it should have a subsection on all 50 states. If a particular state has taken no significant action, then that can be noted in the section. Second, I appreciate that some states have main articles on the subject. Nevertheless, I think this article should still have at least a brief summary of the pertinent legal developments in that state. I will try to get around to these things, but I also making these suggestions in case anyone else wants to jump in. -Kubigula (ave) 04:51, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

This article is very jumbled with a lot of facts thrown together. Even after reading it, the reader is still left uncertain exactly what is permitted and what is not. The start of each state section should begin right off with the current defined legal status of same-sex partnerships, whats allowed, what isn't, and where it all stands. Not to be confused with whats being proposed, or whats in the process of occurring. If there is considerable material to cover for any one state then they can be given their own article to cover the details, such as California. Then the very top of that state-article should again give the bottom line of where the state law currently stands.--Joshua4 02:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I just stumbled across the article List of U.S. state laws on same-sex unions, which gives the brief synopsis for each state that you suggest. There is considerable overlap in coverage between these two articles, leading me to question whether there is a need for both articles - I am debating proposing a merge. However, this article seems to be more focused on the history of same-sex marriage on the state level, while the list article is, well, a list. So, maybe having two similar articles makes sense. However, I think we need to more clearly define the scope of these two articles so as to have a more seemless encyclopedic coverage.

I will raise the same question on the list article's talk page as well. -Kubigula (ave) 04:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I saw that article and came to the same conclusions after I'd already made the changes to this one. I also found the article, Same-sex marriage legislation in the United States, which basically does what this one was intended to do but in a more brief concise manor. I'm going to move this article to Same-sex marriage legislation in the United States by state (making it a spinoff of Same-sex marriage legislation in the United States) that covers the topic in more detail. From there the articles can be broken down by state which gives them a 1->2->3 hierarchal methodology. --Joshua4 10:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)