Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 12004 Election Night Tally Results
, Kentucky State Board of Elections. Accessed 18 December 2006. of 2004, is an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution that made it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform

same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same Legal sex and gender, sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being ...

s or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 75% of the voters.CNN.com Election 2004 - Ballot Measures
Accessed 30 November 2006. The text of the amendment states: ''Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Kentucky. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized.''
, Kentucky Legislature. Accessed 18 December 2006.

Legal Challenges

On September 10, 2013, the

Kentucky Equality Federation Kentucky Equality Federation is an umbrella organization for LGBT rights in the United States, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender civil rights in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, consisting of Federation for Kentucky Equality, Inc., Kentucky Equ ...

sued the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Franklin Circuit Court claiming Kentucky's 2004 Constitutional Amendment banning

violated sections of the commonwealth's constitution. Case # 13-CI-1074 was assigned by the Franklin County Court Clerk (the location of the

Kentucky State Capitol The Kentucky State Capitol is located in Frankfort and is the house of the three branches (executive, legislative, judicial) of the state government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic P ...

). The lawsuit was conceived by President

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, written and signed by Vice President of Legal Jillian Hall, Esq. On April 16, 2015, the case was decided in favor of the plaintiff by Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Thomas D. Wingate. This provision also became void in 2015 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in ''

Obergefell v. Hodges ''Obergefell v. Hodges'', ( ), is a landmark LGBT rights case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection ...

'' that the

fundamental right Fundamental rights are a group of rights that have been recognized by a high degree of protection from encroachment. These rights are specifically identified in a constitution, or have been found under due process of law. The United Nations' Sustai ...

marry Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the

Due Process Clause In United States constitutional law, a Due Process Clause is found in both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, which prohibits arbitrary deprivation of "life, liberty, or property" by the government except as ...

and the

Equal Protection Clause The Equal Protection Clause is part of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides "''nor shall any State ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal ...

of the

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Results

References

External links

The Money Behind the 2004 Marriage Amendments -- National Institute on Money in State Politics
U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions 2004 in American law 2004 in LGBT history LGBT in Kentucky Same-sex marriage ballot measures in the United States 2004 Kentucky elections 2004 ballot measures Kentucky ballot measures {{Kentucky-election-stub

Legal Challenges

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