Colorado Same-Sex Marriage Amendment (2014)
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The Colorado Same-Sex Marriage Amendment did not appear on the 2014 ballot in Colorado as an initiated constitutional amendment. The measure would have included same-sex unions in the state's definition of marriage and declared that the state recognize them.[1]
Text of measure
If the measure had gone to the ballot, the language would have appeared as:[2]
| “ | Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution declaring that a union of a same-sex couple or a union of an opposite-sex couple shall be valid and recognized as a marriage and shall be treated equally in all respects under Colorado law?[3] | ” |
Support
Path to the ballot
Supporters had to gather 86,105 valid signatures by February 17, 2014, for the measure to appear on the ballot. In December 2013, the measure proponents announced they were halting their campaign in light of the recent court rulings in Utah and New Mexico, which overturned similar bans on same-sex marriage. The campaign had already decided to probably post-pone their efforts to the 2016 ballot, but in wake of the court cases, Jeremy Mathis said the campaign had decided to "see what happens next."[5]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiative 43," accessed August 13, 2013
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Results for Proposed Initiative #43 Ballot Title Setting Board 2013-2014," accessed May 23, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Colorado Legislative Council, "Initiatives Submitted for Review and Comment," accessed May, 23, 2014
- ↑ Aurora Sentinel, "AURORA MAN SUSPENDS 2014 INITIATIVE TO OVERTURN COLORADO BAN ON GAY MARRIAGE," December 23, 2014
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