Wisconsin Marriage Amendment (2006)
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Wisconsin Marriage Amendment (2006), also known as the Definition of Marriage Question or Marriage Protection Amendment, was on the November 7, 2006 election ballot in Wisconsin. It passed, with 59.4% of voters in favor.
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Vote Yes for Marriage
The Vote Yes for Marriage campaign was the name of the official referendum committee for the coalition in favor of the Wisconsin Marriage Amendment.
Refrendum Education
The coalition of organizations that existed to educate voters about marriage were
Text of the proposal
The language that appeared on the ballot:
Under present Wisconsin law, only a marriage between a husband and a wife is recognized as valid in this state. A husband is commonly defined as a man who is marriaged to a woman, and a wife is commonly defined as a woman who is marriaged to a man.
A "yes" vote would make the existing restriction on marriage as a union between a man and a woman part of the state constitution, and would prohibit any recognition of the validity of a marriage between persons other than one man and one woman.
A "yes" vote would also prohibit recognition of any legal status which is identical or substantially similar to marriage for unmarried persons of either the same sex or different sexes. The constitution would not further specify what is, or what is not, a legal status identical or substantially similar to marriage. Whether any particular type of domestic relationship, partnership or agreement between unmarried persons would be prohibited by this amendment would be left to further legislative or judicial determination.
