Kentucky

In 2004, as discriminatory constitutional amendments were pushed in numerous states throughout the nation, Kentucky citizens voted for an anti-marriage and anti-relationship recognition constitutional amendment which passed and wrote discrimination into Kentucky's constitution. State advocacy groups are working to both repeal such discrimination and end the exclusion of same-sex couples and their families from marriage.

Status: Anti-Relationship Recognition Constitutional Amendment 

Groups Actively Working on Marriage

Kentucky Fairness Alliance: Kentucky's central statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization 

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