<P> In 2004, Kentucky became the fourth state to send a constitutional amendment banning same - sex unions to the state's voters . On Election Day of that year, Kentucky joined 10 other states in passing such an amendment, with voters passing it by a 3 - to - 1 margin . The text of the amendment reads: </P> <P> Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Kentucky . A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized . </P>

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