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At least good thing they simply ratified it, instead of putting it to a vote. That could have become embarrassing, as Alabama found:

> Back in 2000, Alabama became the last state in the country to overturn its ban on interracial marriage. And despite more than three decades having passed since the Supreme Court ruled such laws unconstitutional (rendering such bans effectively moot), more than 40 percent of Alabamians still voted against overturning it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/09/al...