In , roughly 81 percent of the state's voters voted for a constitutional amendment to define marriage as a "unique relationship between a man and a woman.
A Public Religion Research Institute survey found 59 percent of Alabamians still opposed marriage equality. But the electorate's opinion isn't the debate here. The point of the 14th Amendment is to prohibit discrimination — even if it's popular among the electorate or legislature. Part of the courts' job is to keep laws in line with the US Constitution. Maybe same-sex marriage isn't popular in Alabama today. Maybe interracial marriage wasn't popular there in To the courts, that's not supposed to matter: if a law violates the 14th Amendment, it's unconstitutional and must be struck down.
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Election results. Privacy policy About Ballotpedia Disclaimers Login. Voting on race and ethnicity. By state. By year. Not on ballot. Local Local race and ethnicity. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of , to abolish the prohibition of interracial marriages.
Warren pointed out that the 14th Amendment provides the freedom to marry, regardless of the race of those involved. He said the state cannot infringe upon this right, and after this landmark high court decision, interracial marriage became legal throughout the United States. Following a Nov. By November , interracial marriage had been legal in every state for more than three decades, thanks to the U. Supreme Court's ruling. But the Alabama State Constitution still contained an unenforceable ban in Section The Alabama State Legislature stubbornly clung to the old language as a symbolic statement of the state's views on interracial marriage.
As recently as , House leaders successfully killed attempts to remove Section Interracial marriage remains controversial in the Deep South, where a poll found that a plurality of Mississippi Republicans still supports anti-miscegenation laws. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.
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