1. Marriage. Marriage consists only of the union of one man and one woman.
2. Marital status. Legal status for unmarried persons which is identical or substantially similar to marital status shall not be valid or recognized in Arkansas, except that the legislature may recognize a common law marriage from another state between a man and a woman.
3. Capacity, rights, obligations, privileges, and immunities. The legislature has the power to determine the capacity of persons to marry, subject to this amendment, and the legal rights, obligations, privileges, and immunities of marriage.
Source for Popular Vote data: CNN Election Center 2004. Arkansas Constitutional Amendment 3 County Results, CNN Election Center 2004 (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/AR/I/01/county.000.html) (accessed 17 Feb 2009)