The complete report is available here.
Part 19: The Adoption of State Constitutional Amendments Protecting Marriage
Alaska November 3, 1998
yes: 152,965 (68%)
no: 71,631 (32%)
Hawaii November 3, 1998
yes: 285,384 (71%)
no: 117,827 (29%)
Nebraska November 7, 2000
yes: 477,571 (70%)
no: 203,667 (30%)
Nevada November 7, 2000
yes: 412,688 (70%)
no: 180,077 (30%)
Nevada November 5, 2002
yes: 337,197 (67%)
no: 164,573 (33%)
To become a part of Nevada’s constitution, citizen initiated ballot initiatives must pass in two separate ballot votes.
Missouri August 3, 2004
yes: 1,055,771 (71%)
no: 439,529 (29%)
Louisiana September 18, 2004
yes: 618,928 (78%)
no: 177,103 (22%)
Arkansas November 2, 2004
yes: 753,770 (75%)
no: 251,914 (25%)
Georgia November 2, 2004
yes: 2,454,930 (76%)
no: 768,716 (24%)
Kentucky November 2, 2004
yes: 1,222,125 (75%)
no: 417,097 (25%)
Michigan November 2, 2004
yes: 2,698,077 (59%)
no: 1,904,319 (41%)
Mississippi November 2, 2004
yes: 957,104 (86%)
no: 155,648 (14%)
Montana November 2, 2004
yes: 295,070 (67%)
no: 148,263 (33%)
North Dakota November 2, 2004
yes: 223,572 (73%)
no: 81,716 (27%)
Oregon November 2, 2004
yes: 1,028,546 (57%)
no: 787,556 (43%)
Oklahoma November 2, 2004
yes: 1,075,216 (76%)
no: 347,303 (24%)
Ohio November 2, 2004
yes: 3,329,335 (62%)
no: 2,065,462 (38%)
Utah November 2, 2004
yes: 593,297 (66%)
no: 307,488 (34%)
Kansas April 5, 2005
yes: 417,675 (70%)
no: 179,432 (30%)
Texas November 8, 2005
yes: 1,723,782 (76%)
no: 536,913 (24%)
Alabama June 6, 2006
yes: 697,591 (81%)
no: 161,694 (19%)
Arizona November 7, 2006
yes: 721,489 (48%)
no: 775,498 (52%)
While this proposed constitutional amendment was defeated, another, less restrictive amendment was subsequently proposed in Arizona and put before the voters. The latter proposal did not explicitly prohibit recognition of civil unions. Voters approved it on November 4, 2008 (see below).
Colorado November 7, 2006
yes: 855,126 (55%)
no: 699,030 (45%)
Idaho November 7, 2006
yes: 282,386 (63%)
no: 163,384 (37%)
South Carolina November 7, 2006
yes: 829,360 (78%)
no: 234,316 (22%)
South Dakota November 7, 2006
yes: 172,305 (52%)
no: 160,152 (48%)
Tennessee November 7, 2006
yes: 1,419,434 (81%)
no: 327,536 (19%)
Virginia November 7, 2006
yes: 1,328,537 (57%)
no: 999,687 (43%)
Wisconsin November 7, 2006
yes: 1,264,310 (59%)
no: 862,924 (41%)
Arizona November 4, 2008
yes: 1,258,355 (56%)
no: 980,753 (44%)
California November 4, 2008
yes: 7,001,084 (52%)
no: 6,401,482 (48%)
Florida November 4, 2008
yes: 4,890,883 (62%)
no: 3,008,026 (38%)
North Carolina May 8, 2012
yes: 1,317,178 (61%)
no: 840,802 (39%)
Minnesota November 6, 2012
yes: 1,399,916 (47%)
no: 1,550,434 (53%)
This list represents the 32 states where state constitutional amendments have been voted on by the people. With Arizona in 2006 and Minnesota the only states where voters rejected amendments, this table underscores overwhelming support for natural marriage nationwide. Moreover, we should keep in mind that when same-sex marriage has been deemed unconstitutional by the courts in any of these states (except Minnesota, where the voters failed to adopt an amendment), voters’ successful efforts to amend their state constitutions have been overruled by judges.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state_constitutional_amendments_banning_same-sex_unions
http://ballotpedia.org/Marriage_and_family_on_the_ballot
http://dailysignal.com/2015/05/08/26-states-have-been-forced-by-courts-to-allow-gay-marriages/
Don’t Silence the 50 Million Who Voted for One Man-One Woman Marriage
http://goo.gl/JJN1vy
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