Arizona

In the 2006 election, Arizona's proposed anti-marriage constitutional amendment was defeated by the electorate. With this,Arizona became the first state to reject an anti-marriage constitutional amendment, by a margin of 51 percent to 49 percent. Over 15,000 same-sex couples live in Arizona, which has had a 649% increase of these couples in the last 16 years. State advocacy organizations are hard at work promoting fairness and the freedom to marry in Arizona. 

Unfortunately, Arizona faced another attempt at writing anti-marriage discrimination into their state constitution on the November 2008 ballot, and this time lost.

Status: Anti-Relationship Recognition Constitutional Amendment
 
Groups Actively Working on Marriage

Equality Arizona: the state's largest LGBT civil rights organizationworking to secure, protect and defend the rights and welfare oflesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Arizona

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