STATUS: Anti-marriage constitutional amendment

TAKE ACTION: State advocacy groups continue to work toward repealing marriage and relationship recognition discrimination and winning the freedom to marry for the citizens of Arizona. 

HISTORY: In November 2006, a proposed anti-marriage constitutional amendment was rejected at the ballot in Arizona. With this, Arizona became the first state to reject an anti-marriage constitutional amendment, by a margin of 52 percent to 48 percent.

In November 2008, however, anti-gay forces in Arizona pushed through an anti-marriage constitutional amendment that excluded same-sex couples from marriage.

POLLING DATA: In Arizona, a super-majority of voters (77%) believe that same-sex couples should be able to either marry or form civil unions. 79% of Hispanic respondents said they approve of marriage for all couples. (Public Policy Polling, May 2012)

GROUPS ACTIVELY WORKING ON MARRIAGE:

• Equality Arizona is the state's largest LGBT civil rights organization working to secure, protect and defend the rights and welfare of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Arizona.
• Freedom to Marry is the campaign to win marriage for same-sex couples nationwide. 
• Human Rights Campaign is the United States' largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. 

NUMBER OF SAME-SEX COUPLES: According to The Williams Institute's analysis of the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,817 same-sex couples are living in Connecticut, representing 6.6 same-sex couples per 1,000 households.