Marriage
Amendment Summary
States Marriage Amendments Fall 2008 Vote:* 1. Arizona (2008 by 56.5%)
2. California (2008 by 52%)
3. Florida (2008 by 62%)
States Marriage Amendments Fall 2006 Vote:
1. Arizona (2006 by 48.2% -- did not pass)
2. Colorado (2006 by 56%)
3. Idaho (2006
by 63%)
4. South
Carolina (2006 by 78%)
5. South Dakota (2006 by 52%)
6. Tennessee (2006 by 81%)
7. Virginia (2006 by 57%)
8. Wisconsin (2006 by 59%)
States
With Marriage Amendments**:
1.
Alabama (2006 by 81%)
2. Alaska
(1998 by 68%)
3. Arkansas
(2004 by 75%)
4. Georgia
(2004 by 77%)
5. Hawaii***
(1998 by 69%)
6. Kansas
(2005 by 70%)
7. Kentucky
(2004 by 75%)
8. Louisiana
(2004 by 78%)
9. Michigan
(2004 by 59%)
10. Mississippi
(2004 by 86%)
11. Missouri
(2004 by 71%)
12. Montana
(2004 by 66%)
13. Nebraska
(2000 by 70%)
14. Nevada
(2002 by 67%)
15. North
Dakota (2004 by 73%)
16. Ohio
(2004 by 62%)
17. Oklahoma
(2004 by 76%)
18. Oregon
(2004 by 57%)
19. Texas
(2005 by 76%)
20. Utah
(2004 by 66%)
* Figures are accurate, but unofficial, since polls have not been fully counted as of yet. Thus, these numbers may change slightly.
**Every state marriage amendment voted on by
the people has passed, except in Arizona; however Arizona passed a marriage amendment in the Fall 2008 vote. The vote has ranged
from 48% in Arizona to 86% in Mississippi. The average pass
rate for all of the amendments, including Arizona's 2006 and 2008 results, is 67.31%.
If Arizona's 2006 results were to be excluded, the average pass rate is 67.95%.
*** Hawaii’s Amendment did not actually
define marriage, but instead reads “The Legislature
shall have the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.”
Hawaii Const. Art. 1, § 23.
Last updated November 5, 2008
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