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 one man and one 
1.4 	woman; specifying treatment of 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.Marriage in the state of Minnesota shall consist only of the union of one 
1.10 	man and one woman. No official or court of the state of Minnesota shall construe this 
1.11 	constitution or any state law to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof 
1.12 	be conferred upon any member of a union other than the union of one man and one 
1.13 	woman. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried 
1.14 	individuals shall not be valid or recognized. No official or court of the state of Minnesota 
1.15 	shall recognize any marriage contracted in any other jurisdiction which is not the union of 
1.16 	one man and one woman.

1.17 	Sec. 2. QUESTION.
 1.18 	The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people at the 2006 general 
1.19 	election. The question submitted shall be:
2.1 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that marriage is limited 
2.2 	to only the union of one man and one woman and to specify the legal status of other 
2.3 	types of relationships?

2.4	Yes .......
	
2.5	No ......."