2004 Mississippi Amendment 1

Referendum to ban same-sex marriage February 2026 September 2023 Amendment 1 Mississippi Marriage Definition Amendment 957,104 155,648 1,152,365 2,068,766 53.78 170px County results Yes #2B2457 90–100% #28497C 80–90% #47729E 70–80% November 2, 2004 Mississippi 2001 Sources:Official 2004 General Election Results2004 General Election Turnout RatesOFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES PRESIDENT NOVEMBER 2, 2004 2004 Mississippi Amendment 1 was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Mississippi to define marriage as between one man and one woman, thereby prohibiting same-sex marriages from being recognized in the state. The amendment passed by referendum on November 2, 2004, with ~86% of voters in favor. Out of all similar same-sex marriage ban amendments passed in the United States, Mississippi's amendment received the highest percentage of votes cast in favor of a ban.History of same-sex marriage ballot measures https://ballotpedia.org/History_of_same-sex_marriage_ballot_measures March 25, 2026 Ballotpedia Contents and amendment Contents The amendment, which was decided by voters on November 2, 2004, alongside the 2004 U.S. presidential election,October 31, 2004 Pike County Sample Ballot https://www.newspapers.com/image/319286125/ March 25, 2026 Enterprise-Journal Newspapers.com had the following information shown to voters for it:Constitutional Amendment Amendment No. 1 House Concurrent Resolution 56 The proposed constitutional amendment provides that marriage may take place and may be valid under the law of this state only between a man and a woman. The amendment also provides that a marriage in another state or foreign jurisdiction between persons of the same gender may not be recognized in this state and is void and unenforceable under the laws of this state. [] Yes [] No Amendment The text of the adopted amendment, which is Article XIV, Section 263A of the Mississippi Constitution, states:The Constitution of the State of Mississippi https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/ed_pubs/pubs/Mississippi_Constitution.pdf March 25, 2026 Mississippi Secretary of State Marriage may take place and may be valid under the laws of this State only between a man and a woman. A marriage in another State or foreign jurisdiction between persons of the same gender, regardless of when the marriage took place, may not be recognized in this state and is void and unenforceable under the laws of this State. Results 86.01% voted in favor, and 13.99% voted against. The highest percentage of votes cast in favor of the amendment came from Itawamba County, with 94.06% in favor, and the lowest level came from Tunica County, with 73.43% in favor. The following table details the results by county: +Results by countyCountyYesNo#%#%Adams11,35183.292,27816.71Alcorn9,79393.047336.96Amite6,30589.7172310.29Attala7,57690.278179.73Benton3,42185.7057114.30Bolivar7,48986.911,12813.09Calhoun5,94491.545498.46Carroll4,79288.1764311.83Chickasaw7,33688.9291411.08Choctaw3,69590.743779.26Claiborne3,75876.371,16323.63Clarke7,14491.866338.14Clay8,72787.471,25012.53Coahoma4,74285.8078514.20Copiah10,77687.701,51212.30Covington7,27888.9090911.10DeSoto42,37987.336,14812.67Forrest21,81582.644,58217.36Franklin3,84988.5849611.42George7,44191.197198.81Greene4,92192.853797.15Grenada8,31388.571,07311.43Hancock13,05877.603,77022.40Harrison47,36776.4914,55623.51Hinds71,79878.5919,56121.41Holmes6,52184.311,21415.69Humphreys3,58681.3082518.70Issaquena68581.1615918.84Itawamba9,12294.065765.94Jackson39,96080.529,66719.48Jasper6,96987.371,00712.63Jefferson2,99379.1678820.84Jefferson Davis5,50587.5978012.41Jones24,54092.002,1338.00Kemper4,12287.5558612.45Lafayette11,77377.763,36822.24Lamar18,29189.882,06010.12Lauderdale25,94388.633,32711.37Lawrence6,01091.035928.97Leake7,37689.5985710.41Lee26,92390.172,9349.83Leflore6,54186.441,02613.56Lincoln13,38690.971,3289.03Lowndes20,36187.682,86212.32Madison32,15284.815,75915.19Marion10,91292.269167.74Marshall11,35384.592,06815.41Monroe14,60491.391,3758.61Montgomery4,83390.625009.38Neshoba9,76692.607807.40Newton7,39990.727579.28Noxubee4,61184.1686815.84Oktibbeha13,60381.733,04018.27Panola11,77487.851,62812.15Pearl River17,01588.622,18611.38Perry4,72990.654889.35Pike14,41687.312,09512.69Pontotoc10,66893.837026.17Prentiss9,55393.356806.65Quitman2,79874.9793425.03Rankin47,98188.316,35111.69Scott8,93386.521,39213.48Sharkey1,78682.4238117.58Simpson10,10189.271,21410.73Smith7,15092.625707.38Stone5,13785.7585414.25Sunflower7,52683.761,45916.24Tallahatchie5,15085.0890314.92Tate9,87989.021,21910.98Tippah8,66092.856677.15Tishomingo7,72191.317358.69Tunica2,16973.4378526.57Union10,09493.147436.86Walthall5,92489.2671310.74Warren15,04182.973,08817.03Washington14,45483.752,80416.25Wayne8,33890.818449.19Webster4,71391.144588.86Wilkinson3,55985.3161314.69Winston8,65389.461,01910.54Yalobusha5,23587.7573112.25Yazoo7,03987.8897112.12Total957,10486.01155,64813.99 See also LGBTQ rights in Mississippi References Category:U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions Category:2004 in LGBTQ history Category:LGBTQ in Mississippi Category:2004 Mississippi elections Category:2004 ballot measures in the United States Category:Mississippi ballot measures Category:Same-sex marriage ballot measures in the United States