Current Status

Civil marriage equality cannot legally be denied at the state level, via the Supreme Court of the United States, as of 26 June 2015. (Same-sex couples have the legal right to marry.)
8 July 2015, Marriage equality comes to Georgia: The HR memo - By Jim Galloway, Political Insider blog, AJC.com
On 26 June 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled FOR marriage equality and that same-gender couples have the constitutional right to marry in all 50 states and all U.S. territories.
MARRIAGE EQUALITY FAQ
If a marriage license is refused to you, please contact one of the following legal organizations immediately!
- ACLU
  https://www.aclu.org/about/affiliates?redirect=affiliates
  212.549.2500
- GLAD
  http://www.GLADAnswers.org/
  617.426.1350
- Lambda Legal
  http://www.lambdalegal.org/marriage-equality-tracker
  212.809.8585
- NCLR
  http://www.nclrights.org/legal-help
  415.392.6257
1 case in Federal District Court (11th) challenging state ban on marriage equality.

Georgia is the home of the legal case Bowers v. Hardwick (1986), in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld (5–4) a Georgia state law banning sodomy. The ruling was overturned by the Court 17 years later in the landmark case Lawrence v. Texas (2003).
Constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions from 2004 until 26 June 2015, per Constitutional Amendment 1.

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