1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to 
1.3 	article XIII; recognizing as marriage only a union between a man and a woman; 
1.4 	limiting validity of certain other relationships.
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 marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in 
1.10 	Minnesota. The uniting of two or more persons in a civil union, domestic partnership, or 
1.11 	other quasi-marital relationship shall not be valid or recognized in Minnesota.

1.12 	Sec. 2. QUESTION.
 1.13 	The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people at the 2006 general 
1.14 	election. The question submitted shall be:
1.15 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a marriage 
1.16 	between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized and to limit the validity and 
1.17 	recognition of other relationships?

1.18	Yes .......
	
1.19	No ......."