Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment (2006)
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The Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment was on the June 6, 2006 primary election ballot in Alabama. It passed, with 81% of voters approving of it, thus adding a new amendment to the Alabama Constitution. The passage of the amendment made Alabama the 20th state to adopt a constitutional marriage amendment. In only one state, Mississippi, did a similar constitutional amendment achieve a higher vote total--86%.
The amendment won in every county.[1]
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2006 election results
| Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes or no | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes
| - | 81% | ||
| No | - | 19% | ||
| Total votes | - | 100% precincts | ||
Text of the amendment
(a) This amendment shall be known and may be cited as the Sanctity of Marriage Amendment.[2]
(b) Marriage is inherently a unique relationship between a man and a woman. As a matter of public policy, this state has a special interest in encouraging, supporting, and protecting this unique relationship in order to promote, among other goals, the stability and welfare of society and its children. A marriage contracted between individuals of the same sex is invalid in this state.
(c) Marriage is a sacred covenant, solemnized between a man and a woman, which, when the legal capacity and consent of both parties is present, establishes their relationship as husband and wife, and which is recognized by the state as a civil contract.
(d) No marriage license shall be issued in the State of Alabama to parties of the same sex.
(e) The State of Alabama shall not recognize as valid any marriage of parties of the same sex that occurred or was alleged to have occurred as a result of the law of any jurisdiction regardless of whether a marriage license was issued.
(f) The State of Alabama shall not recognize as valid any common law marriage of parties of the same sex.
(g) A union replicating marriage of or between persons of the same sex in the State of Alabama or in any other jurisdiction shall be considered and treated in all respects as having no legal force or effect in this state and shall not be recognized by this state as a marriage or other union replicating marriage.
See also
References
- ↑ Baptist Press, Ala. becomes 20th state to pass marriage amendment, June 7, 2006
- ↑ Text of the amendment
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