Missouri gay marriage vote

Karla May, a Democratic state senator representing a D+50 district in St Louis, voted with the Republican Party on Monday to uphold a ban on gay marriage in state law.

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Missouri since the U.S. Supreme Court 's landmark ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which struck down state bans on marriages between two people of the same sex on June 26, Prior to the court ruling, the state recognized same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions pursuant to a state court ruling in October , and certain jurisdictions of the state.