Mississippi

In 2004, as discriminatory constitutional amendments were pushed in numerous states throughout the nation, Mississippi citizens voted for an anti-marriage constitutional amendment which passed and wrote discrimination into Mississippi'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-Marriage Constitutional Amendment


 

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Mississippi Census Snapshot

Demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Mississippi.

Geographic Trends Among Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. Census and the American Community Survey

Groundbreaking research showing a huge increase in same-sex couples identifying themselves as "unmarried partners".

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