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The state constitutions of California, Colorado, and Hawaii still define marriage as a union between one man and one woman, but measures on the 2024 election ballots in those states could remove this traditional definition.
The proposed removal of the long-standing language on marriage is largely seen as symbolic, since the U.S. Supreme Court already legalized same-sex marriage in all U.S. jurisdictions in its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision. Nonetheless, in 2020, Nevada became the first state to repeal its constitutional provision defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
In Colorado, the state constitution currently maintains that “only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state.” The ballot measure, if successful, would remove this definition, which has been defunct since 2015.
The “Protecting the Freedom to Marry” amendment, also known as Amendment J, has been added to the state’s November ballot after being approved by a two-thirds vote of the Colorado House and Senate.
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The proposed removal of the long-standing language on marriage is largely seen as symbolic, since the U.S. Supreme Court already legalized same-sex marriage in all U.S. jurisdictions in its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision. Nonetheless, in 2020, Nevada became the first state to repeal its constitutional provision defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
In Colorado, the state constitution currently maintains that “only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state.” The ballot measure, if successful, would remove this definition, which has been defunct since 2015.
The “Protecting the Freedom to Marry” amendment, also known as Amendment J, has been added to the state’s November ballot after being approved by a two-thirds vote of the Colorado House and Senate.
Colorado’s bishops take a stand
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Ballot measures could remove marriage definition from three states
The proposed removal of the long-standing language on marriage is largely seen as symbolic, since the U.S. Supreme Court already legalized same-sex marriage.
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