According to public polling, they face dwindling support for such an amendment, although it is still quite high in some places. Successive polls show an increase in the percent of respondents who favor some legal recognition of same-sex relationships.
No, it does not. That is why statues such as DOMA have been struck down. State laws banning gay marriage have been found unconstitutional.
Senator Webb opposed Virginia's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
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Senator Burr favors a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. He is very unlikely to support the repeal of DOMA.
Yes. In 2006, 81% of Tennessee voters ratified an amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage.
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Yes. In 2006, 56% of Colorado voters ratified an amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage. That amendment has since been ruled unconstitutional by state and federal courts.
Yes. In August 2004, 71% of Missouri voters ratified an amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage in that state. The amendment has since been struck down as unconstitutional.
Governor Perry is opposed to same-sex marriage. He supported an amendment to the Texas constitution banning gay marriage. He has stated that homosexuality is a choice and that gays and lesbians should choose abstinence.
Yes. On November 5, 2002, 57% of Nevada voters ratified an amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage in Nevada. This amendment has since been struck down as unconstitutional.
In November 2008, A majority of the voters in California ratified an amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage and thereby overturning the California Supreme Court ruling that had legalized same-sex marriage earlier that year. That amendment has since itself been overturned, but that decision is pending appeal.
No. The Tea Party supports an amendment to the United States Constitution banning all legal recognition of same-sex relationships.