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America Rejects Equal Marriage Rights, Embraces Bush

November 03, 2004

With the top issue on the mind of voters identified as "moral issues," the Republican base came out in droves to defend marriage from gay and lesbian families and to deliver Bush a victory. The average support among 11 states to ban "gay marriage" was 70%.

Arkansas Amendment 3
Yes 740,773 - 75%
No 246,724 - 25%

Georgia Amendment 1
Yes 2,197,051 - 77%
No 667,965 - 23%

Kentucky Amendment 1
Yes 1,213,187 - 75%
No 412,611 - 25%

Michigan Proposal 04-2
Yes 2,681,224 59%
No 1,897,110 41%

Mississippi Amendment 1
Yes 902,609 - 86%
No 145,490 - 14%

Montana Initiative 96
Yes 256,557 - 66%
No 131,051 - 34%

North Dakota Measure 1
Yes 222,899 - 73%
No 81,396 - 27%

Ohio Issue 1
Yes 3,242,160 - 62%
No 2,010,876 - 38%

Oklahoma Question 711
Yes 1,075,069 - 76%
No 346,355 - 24%

Oregon Measure 36
Yes 891,356 - 57%
No 681,884 - 43%

Utah Amendment 3
Yes 557,278 - 66%
No 283,949 - 34%

filed under: Equal Marriage Rights