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South Carolinian anti-same-sex marriage constitutional amendment
Amendment 1
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
829,360
No
234,316
Valid votes
1,063,676
Invalid or blank votes
28,276
Total votes
1,091,952
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
2,452,714
43.37%
Yes
90%–100%
80%–90%
70%–80%
60%–70%
Sources: [ 1] [ 2]
South Carolina Amendment 1 of 2006 amended the South Carolina Constitution to make it unconstitutional for the U.S. state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions . The referendum was approved by 78% of voters.[ 3] other sixteen such state amendments , South Carolina's explicitly disavows any effort to prevent private contracts between same-sex partners from being recognized[ 4] to do so .[ 5] [ 6]
The text of South Carolina Amendment 1 states:
A marriage between one man and one woman is the only lawful domestic union that shall be valid or recognized in this State. This State and its political subdivisions shall not create a legal status, right, or claim respecting any other domestic union, however denominated. This State and its political subdivisions shall not recognize or give effect to a legal status, right, or claim created by another jurisdiction respecting any other domestic union, however denominated. Nothing in this section shall impair any right or benefit extended by the State or its political subdivisions other than a right or benefit arising from a domestic union that is not valid or recognized in this State. This section shall not prohibit or limit parties, other than the State or its political subdivisions, from entering into contracts or other legal instruments.[ 4]
^ 1996-2006 General Election and Primary Results for Multi-County & Statewide Offices ^ Voter Participation History (1998-2024) ^ CNN.com Election 2006 - Ballot Measures Accessed 14 December 2006.^ a b p.24 No.54 edition of the Journal of the Senate of the State of South Carolina. Archived 2008-10-03 at the Wayback Machine State of South Carolina. April 2005. Accessed 06 January 2007.^ Test case is urged by ACLU Archived 2013-01-02 at archive.today , by Bill Freehling, The Free Lance-Star , November 21, 2006. Accessed 15 December 2006.^ Potential Impact of the Proposed Marshall/Newman Amendment to the Virginia Constitution Archived 2017-03-20 at the Wayback Machine , by Melissa Glidden, Brenda Jackson-Cooper, and Leslie Nickel, Arnold & Porter, LLP, August 11, 2006. Accessed 15 December 2006.
U.S. same-sex unions ballot measures
1990s 2000s
California Proposition 22 (2000, ban)Nebraska Initiative 416 (2000, ban)Nevada Ballot Question 2 (2000 & 2002, ban)Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2004, ban)Louisiana Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, ban)Georgia Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, ban)Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, ban)Ohio State Issue 1 (2004, ban)Mississippi Amendment 1 (2004, ban)Oklahoma State Question 711 (2004, ban)Arkansas Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, ban)Michigan Proposal 04-2 (2004, ban)Montana Initiative 96 (2004, ban)Utah Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, ban)North Dakota Constitutional Measure 1 (2004, ban)Oregon Ballot Measure 36 (2004, ban)Kansas Amendment 1 (2005)Texas Proposition 2 (2005, ban)Alabama Amendment 774 (2006)South Carolina Amendment 1 (2006, ban)Virginia Question 1 (2006, ban)Tennessee Amendment 1 (2006, ban)Wisconsin Referendum 1 (2006, ban)Arizona Proposition 107 (2006, constitutional ban defeated)Colorado Amendment 43 (2006, ban)South Dakota Amendment C (2006)Idaho Amendment 2 (2006, ban)Florida Amendment 2 (2008, ban)Arizona Proposition 102 (2008, ban)California Proposition 8 (2008, ban)Maine Question 1 (2009, legalizing legislation defeated) 2010s 2020s
