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2005: Amendment 1

Kansas Proposed Amendment 1,^[1] which was put before voters on April 5, 2005,^[2] is an amendment to the Kansas Constitution that makes it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 70% of the voters.^[3]

The amendment states:^[4]

(a) The marriage contract is to be considered in law as a civil contract. Marriage shall be constituted by one man and one woman only. All other marriages are declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state and are void. (b) No relationship, other than a marriage, shall be recognized by the state as entitling the parties to the rights or incidents of marriage.

References

↑ Rothschild, Scott (2006-02-03). "Gay marriage ban in public's hands". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved 2006-12-22.
↑ Hann, John (6 April 2005). "Kansans vote to ban same-sex marriage". Boston.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
↑ Election Statistics, Kansas Secretary of State. Retrieved on December 22, 2006.
↑ Kansas Constition, Article Fifteen, section 16. Retrieved on October 9, 2014.

External links

State Ballot Measures, 2005 -- National Institute on Money in State Politics

U.S. same-sex unions ballot measures

1990s	Hawaii Constitutional Amendment 2 (1998, see note¹) Alaska Ballot Measure 2 (1998, Ban)

2000s	California Proposition 22 (2000, Ban) Nebraska Initiative 416 (2000, Ban) Nevada Question 2 (2002, Ban) Arkansas Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, Ban) Georgia Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Louisiana Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Michigan Proposal 04-2 (2004, Ban) Mississippi Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2004, Ban) Montana Initiative 96 (2004, Ban) North Dakota Constitutional Measure 1 (2004, Ban) Ohio Issue 1 (2004, Ban) Oklahoma Question 711 (2004, Ban) Oregon Ballot Measure 36 (2004, Ban) Utah Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, Ban) Kansas Amendment 1 (2005) Texas Proposition 2 (2005, Ban) Alabama Amendment 774 (2006) Arizona Proposition 107 (2006, Constitutional ban defeated) Colorado Amendment 43 (2006, Ban) Idaho Amendment 2 (2006) South Carolina Amendment 1 (2006, Ban) South Dakota Amendment C (2006) Tennessee Amendment 1 (2006, Ban) Marshall-Newman Amendment (Virginia) (2006, Ban) Wisconsin Referendum 1 (2006, Ban) Arizona Proposition 102 (2008, Ban) California Proposition 8 (2008, Ban) Florida Amendment 2 (2008, Ban) Maine Question 1 (2009, Legalizing legislation defeated)

2010s	North Carolina Amendment 1 (2012, Ban) Maine Question 1 (2012, Legalization) Maryland Question 6 (2012, Legalization) Minnesota Amendment 1 (2012, Proposed ban defeated) Washington Referendum 74 (2012, Legalization)

¹: De facto ban, granted Legislature authority to ban same-sex marriage. Reversed in 2013 by the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act.

Same-sex marriage in the United States

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Recognition of same-sex unions undefined by law	American Samoa

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