Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1

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Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1^[1] of 2004, is an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution that made it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 75% of the voters.^[2]

The text of the amendment states:

Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Kentucky. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized.^[3]

Results

Amendment 1^[4]
Choice	Votes	%
Yes	1,222,125	74.55
No	417,097	25.45
Total votes	1,639,222	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	3,057,741	53.6

References

↑ 2004 Election Night Tally Results, Kentucky State Board of Elections. Accessed 18 December 2006.
↑ CNN.com Election 2004 - Ballot Measures Accessed 30 November 2006.
↑ Kentucky Constitution, Section 233A, Kentucky Legislature. Accessed 18 December 2006.
↑ "2004 General Election Turnout Rates". United States Election Project. June 4, 2013.

External links

The Money Behind the 2004 Marriage Amendments -- National Institute on Money in State Politics

Same-sex marriage in the United States

Main articles History Timeline State constitutional amendments banning (List by type) Public opinion Status of unions by state Law Legislation Municipal domestic partnership registries Rights and responsibilities of marriage Federal government

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Civil unions or domestic partnerships also offered	California Colorado District of Columbia Hawaii Illinois Maine Maryland Nevada New Jersey Oregon Washington Wisconsin

Recognition of same-sex unions undefined by law	American Samoa

U.S. same-sex unions ballot measures

1990s	Hawaii Constitutional Amendment 2 (1998, see note¹) Alaska Ballot Measure 2 (1998, Ban)

2000s	California Proposition 22 (2000, Ban) Nebraska Initiative 416 (2000, Ban) Nevada Question 2 (2002, Ban) Arkansas Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, Ban) Georgia Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Louisiana Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Michigan Proposal 04-2 (2004, Ban) Mississippi Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2004, Ban) Montana Initiative 96 (2004, Ban) North Dakota Constitutional Measure 1 (2004, Ban) Ohio Issue 1 (2004, Ban) Oklahoma Question 711 (2004, Ban) Oregon Ballot Measure 36 (2004, Ban) Utah Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, Ban) Kansas Amendment 1 (2005) Texas Proposition 2 (2005, Ban) Alabama Amendment 774 (2006) Arizona Proposition 107 (2006, Constitutional ban defeated) Colorado Amendment 43 (2006, Ban) Idaho Amendment 2 (2006) South Carolina Amendment 1 (2006, Ban) South Dakota Amendment C (2006) Tennessee Amendment 1 (2006, Ban) Marshall-Newman Amendment (Virginia) (2006, Ban) Wisconsin Referendum 1 (2006, Ban) Arizona Proposition 102 (2008, Ban) California Proposition 8 (2008, Ban) Florida Amendment 2 (2008, Ban) Maine Question 1 (2009, Legalizing legislation defeated)

2010s	North Carolina Amendment 1 (2012, Ban) Maine Question 1 (2012, Legalization) Maryland Question 6 (2012, Legalization) Minnesota Amendment 1 (2012, Proposed ban defeated) Washington Referendum 74 (2012, Legalization)

¹: De facto ban, granted Legislature authority to ban same-sex marriage. Reversed in 2013 by the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act.

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Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1

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