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Same-sex marriage ban
Amendment 3|
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Choice
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Votes
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%
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For
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753,770
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74.95%
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Against
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251,914
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25.05%
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Valid votes
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1,005,684
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95.33%
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Invalid or blank votes
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49,261
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4.67%
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Total votes
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1,054,945
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100.00%
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Registered voters/turnout
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1,686,124
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62.47%
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Constitutional Amendment 3 of 2004, is an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution that makes it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 75% of the voters.[3]
The text of the amendment states:[4]
Marriage. Marriage consists only of the union of one man and one woman.
- Marital status. Legal status for unmarried persons which is identical or substantially similar to marital status shall not be valid or recognized in Arkansas, except that the legislature may recognize a common law marriage from another state between a man and a woman.
- Capacity, rights, obligations, privileges, and immunities. The legislature has the power to determine the capacity of persons to marry, subject to this amendment, and the legal rights, obligations, privileges, and immunities of marriage.
Amendment 3
Choice
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Votes
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%
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Yes
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753,770
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74.95
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No
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251,914
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25.04
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May 2014 Court Ruling on Amendment 3 and Arkansas Statutes
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On May 9, 2014, Sixth Judicial Circuit Judge Chris Piazza ruled the ban on same-sex marriage in the state of Arkansas was unconstitutional, which legalized same-sex marriage in the state. Previously same-sex marriage was banned by both state statute and the state constitution in Arkansas. Subject to court stays and appeals.[5]
U.S. same-sex unions ballot measures |
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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)
- 2004 Kentucky 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)
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