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South Dakota Amendment C of 2006 is an amendment to the South Dakota Constitution to make it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages , or to recognize civil unions , domestic partnerships, or other quasi-marital relationships regardless of gender. The referendum was approved on 7 November 2006 by 52% of the state's voters.[ 1]
The text of the adopted amendment states:
Only marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in South Dakota. The uniting of two or more persons in a civil union, domestic partnership, or other quasi-marital relationship shall not be valid or recognized in South Dakota. [ 2]
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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)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 State Issue 1 (2004, ban)Oklahoma State 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)Virginia Question 1 (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 2020s
