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States Adding Same-Sex Marriage Bans Often Include Civil Unions

By Kevin Adler
March 01, 2005

State legislators' support for constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage continues unabated after the November 2004 elections. Twenty-two states have taken at least one step toward enacting constitutional amendments since the election cycle, according to data compiled by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).

“November emboldened certain legislatures, like Alabama, Indiana, and Minnesota, where the controversy almost shut down the legislature last fall,” said Carrie Evans, senior state litigation director for HRC. “When you combine it with states that were not in session last year and are 'playing catch-up,' I'm not surprised to see so many bills.”

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