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The state constitutions of California, Colorado, and Hawaii defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman, but the results of these measures on the 2024 election ballots are set to remove this traditional definition.
David Cox, the assistant director of the Little Rock-based Family Council, said that “if passed, the amendment’s language would effectively erase decades of good, pro-life laws.”
The initiative’s defeat, which took place amid unprecedented voter turnout and out-of-state spending, means a proposed abortion referendum is more likely to succeed in November.
This year’s outcome in the Buckeye State could be a bellwether for similar battles elsewhere in 2024.
Paul Linton said pro-lifers need to reckon with the lingering effects of 50 years of abortion on demand, which led to a vast change in thinking in the American populace.
The state is among several that will face a ballot test in the midterm elections.
The Baja California legislature approved gay marriage by a vote of 18 to 4, with 1 abstention, on June 16.
State Senator Katrina Jackson, a pro-life Democrat, authored the amendment when she was a state representative, along with dozens of co-sponsors from both parties.
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