Missouri

In August 2004, Missouri voters passed an anti-marriage constitutional amendment. State advocacy groups continue to work to overturn such discrimination and move towards true fairness and equality for Missouri's families.

Status: Anti-Marriage Constitutional Amendment

Groups Actively Working on Marriage

PROMO: Missouri's statewide organization advocating for lesbian,gay, bisexual, and transgender equality through legislative action,electoral politics, grassroots organizing, and community education


Blog Posts Related to Missouri

2,020 marriages of same-sex couples recorded in Iowa since last April

Out-of-staters made up 60 percent of same-sex couples married in Iowa since the freedom to marry became legal in April 2009, state officials reported Tuesday.

Aging issues can be tougher for same-sex couples

Though aging is tough for everyone, it tends to be tougher for people who are gay, according to a report presented Wednesday at the annual conference of the National Council on Aging and the American Society on Aging in Chicago, Illinois.

One Day We Will Always Have Had The Freedom To Marry

Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell discusses the progress made in the securing the freedom to marry and the support that comes from many religious groups: "...my church, and churches of other denominations embrace those [gay] relationships. Supporting the spiritual and religious growth of families is one of the reasons our church exists. And we Unitarian Universalists take the long view. We take the long view because most of us believe as Dr. King did, that 'the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.'”

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Resources Related to Missouri

Missouri Census Snapshot

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

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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