1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution 
  1.3             by adding a section to article XIII; recognizing as 
  1.4             marriage only a union between one man and one woman. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.] 
  1.7      An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to 
  1.8   the people.  If the amendment is adopted, a section shall be 
  1.9   added to article XIII, to read: 
  1.10     Sec. 13.  Only a union of one man and one woman shall be 
  1.11  valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota.  This state and 
  1.12  its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal 
  1.13  status similar to that of marriage. 
  1.14     Sec. 2.  [QUESTION.] 
  1.15     The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people at 
  1.16  the 2006 general election.  The question submitted shall be: 
  1.17     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide 
  1.18  that only the union of one man and one woman shall be valid or 
  1.19  recognized as marriage in Minnesota and that the state and its 
  1.20  subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal status 
  1.21  similar to that of marriage? 
  1.22                                     Yes .......
  1.23                                     No ........"