2008 Florida Amendment 2

Amendment 2

November 4, 2008
Marriage Protection Amendment
Results
Choice
Votes  %
Yes 4,890,883 61.92%
No 3,008,026 38.08%
Valid votes 7,898,909 93.41%
Invalid or blank votes 557,420 6.59%
Total votes 8,456,329 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 11,247,634 75.18%

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Florida Amendment 2 is an amendment made to the constitution of the U.S. state of Florida in 2008. It added Article I, Section 27 to the constitution, which defines marriage as a union only between one man and one woman, and thus bans the creation of similar unions, such as civil unions or same-sex marriage. Since 2014, the measure was litigated in court and was struck down by multiple state courts in several counties of southern Florida. Same-sex marriage became legal in Florida when the decision in the federal case Brenner v. Scott found the amendments banning same-sex marriage (including Amendment 2) to be unconstitutional.