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Georgia Constitutional Amendment 1[4] of 2004, is an amendment to the Georgia Constitution that previously made it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriagesorcivil unions. The referendum was approved by 76% of the voters.[5]
The text of the amendment states:
The amendment was challenged in court. On May 16, 2006, a lower court in Georgia struck down the amendment,[7] but on July 7, 2006, the Supreme Court of Georgia overturned the lower court thus leaving the amendment as part of the Georgia Constitution.[8]
As a result of the Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges Amendment 1 was declared unconstitutional on June 26, 2015, legalizing same-sex marriage in Georgia.[9]
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2,454,930 | 76.25 |
No | 768,716 | 23.85 |
Total votes | 3,223,646 | 100.00 |
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1: De facto ban, granted Legislature authority to ban same-sex marriage. Reversed in 2013 by the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act. |
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