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Georgia Amendment 1, Definition of Marriage Amendment (2004)

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Georgia Amendment 1

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Election date

November 2, 2004

Topic
Family-related policy and LGBTQ issues
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Georgia Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 2, 2004. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supports providing that the state will only recognize marriage as the union of man and woman.

A "no" vote opposes providing that the state will only recognize marriage as the union of man and woman.


Election results

Georgia Amendment 1

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

2,454,930 76.15%
No 768,716 23.85%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Aftermath

U.S. Supreme Court

See also: Obergefell v. Hodges

On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution in the case Obergefell v. Hodges. The ruling overturned bans on same-sex marriage.[1]

Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the opinion and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito each authored a dissent.[2]

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that this state shall recognize as marriage only the union of man and woman?


Support

Yes! Marriage Amendment Alliance Inc. and Focus on the Family Georgia Marriage Amendment Committee were leading the campaign in support of the amendment.[3]

Supporters

Organizations

  • Focus on the Family

Opposition

Opponents

Organizations

  • Georgians Against Discrimination
  • Straights in Solidarity with Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights

Path to the ballot

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote vote is required in both the Georgia State Senate and the Georgia House of Representatives. On March 31, 2004, the Georgia House of Representatives voted 122-52 to place the amendment on the ballot.[4]

See also


Footnotes