2006 South Carolina Amendment 1

South Carolinian anti-same-sex marriage constitutional amendment February 2026 Amendment 1 829,360 234,316 1,091,952 2,452,714 43.37 230px County results Yes #2B2457 90–100% 1px #AAAAAA solid #28497C 80–90% 1px #AAAAAA solid #47729E 70–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #7D9CBB 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid Sources: 1996-2006 General Election and Primary Results for Multi-County & Statewide OfficesVoter Participation History (1998-2024) Marriage Act South Carolina November 7, 2006 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.CNN.com Election 2006 - Ballot Measures Accessed 14 December 2006. Unlike the other sixteen such state amendments, South Carolina's explicitly disavows any effort to prevent private contracts between same-sex partners from being recognized—Virginia being the only state to do so.Test case is urged by ACLU https://web.archive.org/web/20110524045859/http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/112006/11212006/237960 2011-05-24 , 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20170320234237/http://www.votenova.org/files/final1651081_3.pdf 2017-03-20 , by Melissa Glidden, Brenda Jackson-Cooper, and Leslie Nickel, Arnold & Porter, LLP, August 11, 2006. Accessed 15 December 2006. 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.p.24 No.54 edition of the Journal of the Senate of the State of South Carolina. https://web.archive.org/web/20081003133715/http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/sj05/20050413.pdf 2008-10-03 State of South Carolina. April 2005. Accessed 06 January 2007. See also Recognition of same-sex unions in South Carolina South Carolina state elections, 2006 References External links The Money Behind the 2006 Marriage Amendments -- National Institute on Money in State Politics Category:2006 in LGBTQ history Category:2006 in American law Category:2006 in South Carolina Category:LGBTQ in South Carolina Category:November 2006 in the United States Category:U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions Category:South Carolina law Category:Same-sex marriage ballot measures in the United States