Although the ban hasn’t been in effect for nearly a decade, backers of the amendment said it was time to get the language off the books.

The LGBTQ+ community has become concerned that the Supreme Court ruling could be overturned if the high court were to revisit the issue.

Voters on Tuesday are overwhelmingly in favor of repealing the Colorado Constitution’s now-defunct marriage definition that only recognizes unions between a man and a woman. As of 8:45 p.m., “yes” on Amendment J has received 64% of the more than 2.