2004 Missouri Amendment 2

Constitutional Amendment 2

August 3, 2004

Missouri Marriage Definition Amendment

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	1,055,771	70.61%
No	439,529	29.39%
Total votes	1,495,300	100.00%
Registered voters/turnout	3,483,481	42.93%

Yes

80–90%

70–80%

60–70%

50–60%

Sources:^[1]^[2]

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Constitutional Amendment 2 of 2004 is an amendment to the Missouri Constitution that prohibited same-sex marriages from being recognized in Missouri. The Amendment passed via public referendum on August 3, 2004, with 71% of voters supporting and 29% opposing.^[3] Every county voted in favor of the amendment, with only the independent city of St. Louis voting against it.^[4]

The text of the adopted amendment, which is found at Article I, section 33 of the Missouri Constitution, states:

That to be valid and recognized in this state, a marriage shall exist only between a man and a woman.^[5]

This amendment was voided by the 2015 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges, which overturned statewide bans on same-sex marriage nationwide.

References

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^ Official Election Returns State of Missouri Primary Election Tuesday, August 03, 2004
^ Blunt Predicts 37 Percent Turnout for August 3 Primary Election
^ Cooperman, Alan (August 5, 2004). "Gay Marriage Ban in Mo. May Resonate Nationwide". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 14, 2006.
^ Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 Results
^ "Article I, Bill of Rights, Section 33 Archived 2006-09-25 at the Wayback Machine" Missouri Constitution. Missouri General Assembly. Accessed 14 December 2006.

External links

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Coalition to Protect in Missouri website in 2004

v t e LGBT in Missouri
Culture	St. Louis St. Louis PrideFest Transgender Memorial Garden Trinity Episcopal Church
Rights	2004 Missouri Amendment 2 Barrier v. Vasterling Domestic partnership Gay Lib v. University of Missouri Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation Same-sex marriage in Missouri Transgender rights
Organizations	Harmony Missourians for Equality PROMO
People	Crystal Methyd Drew Shafer Kyle Hawkins Maxi Glamour Michael Sam
Media	The Gay News-Telegraph (defunct) Left Bank Books The Phoenix: Midwest Homophile Voice (defunct)
LGBTQ portal Category

v t e U.S. same-sex unions ballot measures
1990s	Alaska Ballot Measure 2 (1998, ban) Hawaii Constitutional Amendment 2 (1998, see note¹)
2000s	California Proposition 22 (2000, ban) Nebraska Initiative 416 (2000, ban) Nevada Ballot Question 2 (2000 & 2002, ban) Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2004, ban) Louisiana Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, ban) Georgia Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, ban) Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, ban) Ohio State Issue 1 (2004, ban) Mississippi Amendment 1 (2004, ban) Oklahoma State Question 711 (2004, ban) Arkansas Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, ban) Michigan Proposal 04-2 (2004, ban) Montana Initiative 96 (2004, ban) Utah Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, ban) North Dakota Constitutional Measure 1 (2004, ban) Oregon Ballot Measure 36 (2004, ban) Kansas Amendment 1 (2005) Texas Proposition 2 (2005, ban) Alabama Amendment 774 (2006) South Carolina Amendment 1 (2006, ban) Virginia Question 1 (2006, ban) Tennessee Amendment 1 (2006, ban) Wisconsin Referendum 1 (2006, ban) Arizona Proposition 107 (2006, constitutional ban defeated) Colorado Amendment 43 (2006, ban) South Dakota Amendment C (2006) Idaho Amendment 2 (2006, ban) Florida Amendment 2 (2008, ban) Arizona Proposition 102 (2008, ban) California Proposition 8 (2008, ban) Maine Question 1 (2009, legalizing legislation defeated)
2010s	North Carolina Amendment 1 (2012, ban) Maine Question 1 (2012, legalization) Maryland Question 6 (2012, legalization) Minnesota Amendment 1 (2012, proposed ban defeated) Washington Referendum 74 (2012, legalization)
2020s	Nevada Question 2 (2020, legalization) California Proposition 3 (2024, legalization) Colorado Amendment J (2024, legalization) Hawaii Amendment 1 (2024, legalization)
¹: De facto ban, granted Legislature authority to ban same-sex marriage. Reversed in 2013 by the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act.

Same-sex unions in the United States

Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States

General unions

U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions

By state	Recognition of same-sex unions in Colorado Recognition of same-sex unions in Texas Recognition of same-sex unions in Florida

Marriage

By territory
(laws)

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Tribal nations	Navajo Nation
Circuit Courts	Fourth Sixth Seventh Ninth Tenth
Other regions	American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands