Texas Definition of Marriage Act, Proposition 2 (2005)

This article is about a 2005 ballot measure in Texas. For other measures with a similar title, see Proposition 2.

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Texas Proposition 2, also known as the Definition of Marriage Act, was on the November 8, 2005 election ballot in Texas as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.

HJR 6 provided that marriage in Texas is solely the union of a man and woman, and that the state and its political subdivisions could not create or recognize any legal status identical to or similar to marriage, including such legal status relationships created outside of Texas.

Election results

Proposition 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		1,723,782	76.25%
No		536,913	23.74%

Proposition 2 was one of two marriage-related ballot measures on the 2005 ballot, the other being the Kansas Marriage Amendment (2005), which also was approved.

Text of measure

The short ballot summary voters saw on their ballot read: "The constitutional amendment providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage."

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing direct democracy in Texas

As laid out in Article 17 of the Texas Constitution, in order for a proposed constitutional amendment to be placed on the ballot, the Texas State Legislature must propose the amendment in a joint resolution of both the Texas State Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The joint resolution can originate in either the House or the Senate. The resolution must be adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature. That amounts to a minimum of 100 votes in the House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Senate.

See also

• Texas 2005 ballot measures

External links

• November 8, 2005 constitutional amendments in Texas
• Proposition 2 Details
• Election results (From the drop-down menu, choose "2005 Constitutional Amendment Election")

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