Virginia Marriage Amendment (2006)

Voting on marriage
2008
	Arizona Proposition 102; Arkansas Adoption Ban; California Proposition 8; Florida Marriage Amendment;
2006
	Arizona Prop 107; Colorado Prop 43; Alabama Marriage Act; Idaho Amendment 2; South Carolina; South Dakota Amendment C; Tennessee Marriage Act; Virginia Marriage Act; Wisconsin Question One

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The Virginia Marriage Amendment was on the November 2006 ballot in Virginia, where it passed with 57.1% of the vote.

The ballot measure was legislatively referred to the ballot by the Virginia State Legislature. It was one of nine marriage-related ballot measures and initiatives that appeared on statewide ballots in 2006; and one of eight that passed.

The ballot wording said:

"Shall Article I (the Bill of Rights) of the Constitution of Virginia be amended to state: "That only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this Commonwealth and its political subdivisions. This Commonwealth and its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage. Nor shall this Commonwealth or its political subdivisions create or recognize another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage."?