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Referendum banning same-sex marriage From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amendment 1 of 2004 is an amendment to the Mississippi Constitution that prohibited same-sex marriages from being conducted or recognized in Mississippi. The Amendment passed a public referendum on November 2, 2004 with 86% of voters supporting and 14% opposing.[4]
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When compared to all similar amendments passed in the United States, Mississippi Amendment 1 had the highest percentage of votes for the amendment, outpacing the next two states, Alabama and Tennessee, at 81%.
The text of the adopted amendment, which is found at Article XIV, section 263A of the Mississippi Constitution, states:[5]
Marriage may take place and may be valid under the laws of this state only between a man and a woman. A marriage in another state or foreign jurisdiction between persons of the same gender, regardless of when the marriage took place, may not be recognized in this state and is void and unenforceable under the laws of this state.
Choice | Votes | % |
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957,104 | 86.01 |
No | 155,648 | 13.99 |
Total votes | 1,112,752 | 100.00 |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,068,766 | 53.78 |
County | Yes | Yes % | No | No % |
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Adams | 11,351 | 83.29% | 2,278 | 16.71% |
Alcorn | 9,793 | 93.04% | 733 | 6.96% |
Amite | 6,305 | 89.71% | 723 | 10.29% |
Attala | 7,576 | 90.27% | 817 | 9.73% |
Benton | 3,421 | 85.70% | 571 | 14.30% |
Bolivar | 7,489 | 86.91% | 1,128 | 13.09% |
Calhoun | 5,944 | 91.54% | 549 | 8.46% |
Carroll | 4,792 | 88.17% | 643 | 11.83% |
Chickasaw | 7,336 | 88.92% | 914 | 11.08% |
Choctaw | 3,695 | 90.74% | 377 | 9.26% |
Claiborne | 3,758 | 76.37% | 1,163 | 23.63% |
Clarke | 7,144 | 91.86% | 633 | 8.14% |
Clay | 8,727 | 87.47% | 1,250 | 12.53% |
Coahoma | 4,742 | 85.80% | 785 | 14.20% |
Copiah | 10,776 | 87.70% | 1,512 | 12.30% |
Covington | 7,278 | 88.90% | 909 | 11.10% |
DeSoto | 42,379 | 87.33% | 6,148 | 12.67% |
Forrest | 21,815 | 82.64% | 4,582 | 17.36% |
Franklin | 3,849 | 88.58% | 496 | 11.42% |
George | 7,441 | 91.19% | 719 | 8.81% |
Greene | 4,921 | 92.85% | 379 | 7.15% |
Grenada | 8,313 | 88.57% | 1,073 | 11.43% |
Hancock | 13,058 | 77.60% | 3,770 | 22.40% |
Harrison | 47,367 | 76.49% | 14,556 | 23.51% |
Hinds | 71,798 | 78.59% | 19,561 | 21.41% |
Holmes | 6,521 | 84.31% | 1,214 | 15.69% |
Humphreys | 3,586 | 81.30% | 825 | 18.70% |
Issaquena | 685 | 81.16% | 159 | 18.84% |
Itawamba | 9,122 | 94.06% | 576 | 5.94% |
Jackson | 39,960 | 80.52% | 9,667 | 19.48% |
Jasper | 6,969 | 87.37% | 1,007 | 12.63% |
Jefferson | 2,993 | 79.16% | 788 | 20.84% |
Jefferson Davis | 5,505 | 87.59% | 780 | 12.41% |
Jones | 24,540 | 92.00% | 2,133 | 8.00% |
Kemper | 4,122 | 87.55% | 586 | 12.45% |
Lafayette | 11,773 | 77.76% | 3,368 | 22.24% |
Lamar | 18,291 | 89.88% | 2,060 | 10.12% |
Lauderdale | 25,943 | 88.63% | 3,327 | 11.37% |
Lawrence | 6,010 | 91.03% | 592 | 8.97% |
Leake | 7,376 | 89.59% | 857 | 10.41% |
Lee | 26,923 | 90.17% | 2,934 | 9.83% |
Leflore | 6,541 | 86.44% | 1,026 | 13.56% |
Lincoln | 13,386 | 90.97% | 1,328 | 9.03% |
Lowndes | 20,361 | 87.68% | 2,862 | 12.32% |
Madison | 32,152 | 84.81% | 5,759 | 15.19% |
Marion | 10,912 | 92.26% | 916 | 7.74% |
Marshall | 11,353 | 84.59% | 2,068 | 15.41% |
Monroe | 14,604 | 91.39% | 1,375 | 8.61% |
Montgomery | 4,833 | 90.62% | 500 | 9.38% |
Neshoba | 9,766 | 92.60% | 780 | 7.40% |
Newton | 7,399 | 90.72% | 757 | 9.28% |
Noxubee | 4,611 | 84.16% | 868 | 15.84% |
Oktibbeha | 13,603 | 81.73% | 3,040 | 18.27% |
Panola | 11,774 | 87.85% | 1,628 | 12.15% |
Pearl River | 17,015 | 88.62% | 2,186 | 11.38% |
Perry | 4,729 | 90.65% | 488 | 9.35% |
Pike | 14,416 | 87.31% | 2,095 | 12.69% |
Pontotoc | 10,668 | 93.83% | 702 | 6.17% |
Prentiss | 9,553 | 93.35% | 680 | 6.65% |
Quitman | 2,798 | 74.97% | 934 | 25.03% |
Rankin | 47,981 | 88.31% | 6,351 | 11.69% |
Scott | 8,933 | 86.52% | 1,392 | 13.48% |
Sharkey | 1,786 | 82.41% | 381 | 17.58% |
Simpson | 10,101 | 89.27% | 1,214 | 10.73% |
Smith | 7,150 | 92.62% | 570 | 7.38% |
Stone | 5,137 | 85.75% | 854 | 14.25% |
Sunflower | 7,526 | 83.76% | 1,459 | 16.24% |
Tallahatchie | 5,150 | 85.08% | 903 | 14.92% |
Tate | 9,879 | 89.02% | 1,219 | 10.98% |
Tippah | 8,660 | 92.85% | 667 | 7.15% |
Tishomingo | 7,721 | 91.31% | 735 | 8.69% |
Tunica | 2,169 | 73.43% | 785 | 26.57% |
Union | 10,094 | 93.14% | 743 | 6.86% |
Walthall | 5,924 | 89.26% | 713 | 10.74% |
Warren | 15,041 | 82.97% | 3,088 | 17.03% |
Washington | 14,454 | 83.75% | 2,804 | 16.25% |
Wayne | 8,338 | 90.81% | 844 | 9.19% |
Webster | 4,713 | 91.14% | 458 | 8.86% |
Wilkinson | 3,559 | 85.31% | 613 | 14.69% |
Winston | 8,653 | 89.46% | 1,019 | 10.54% |
Yalobusha | 5,235 | 87.75% | 731 | 12.25% |
Yazoo | 7,039 | 87.88% | 971 | 12.12% |
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