1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution; adding a section to 
1.3 	article XIII; recognizing marriage as only a union between one man and one 
1.4 	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 the people. If the 
1.8 	amendment is adopted, a section shall be added to article XIII, to read:

1.9 	Sec. 13. Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a 
1.10 	marriage in Minnesota.

1.11 	Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
 1.12 	The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2012 general 
1.13 	election. The question submitted must be:
1.14 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one 
1.15 	man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota?

1.16		Yes 
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1.17		No ........"