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Wisconsin Referendum 1 of 2006 was a referendum on an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution that would invalidate same-sex marriages or any substantially similar legal status. The referendum was approved by 59% of voters during the general elections in November 2006.〔(CNN.com Election 2006 - Ballot Measures ) Accessed 14 December 2006.〕 All counties in the state voted for the amendment except Dane County (home of the state capital, Madison), which opposed it. ==Amendment== The text of the adopted amendment, which became Article XIII, Section 13 of the state constitution, reads: As required by the constitution, the amendment was approved by both houses of the legislature, in two consecutive sessions. The legislative history of the amendment is as follows: *March 5, 2004: Approved by Wisconsin State Assembly by a vote of 68-27. *March 12, 2004: Approved by Wisconsin State Senate by a vote of 20-13〔Assembly Joint Resolution 66, (Journal of the Wisconsin Senate, March 11, 2004 ), p. 717. The final vote was taken shortly after midnight on March 12.〕 *December 6, 2005: Approved by the State Senate a second time, by a vote of 19-14.〔Senate Joint Resolution 53, (Journal of the Wisconsin Senate, Dec. 6, 2005 ), p. 488.〕 *February 28, 2006: Approved by the State Assembly a second time. *November 7, 2006: Approved by referendum, by a margin of 59.4%-40.6%.〔(Canvass Summary ), Wisconsin State Elections Board, Fall General Election, Nov. 7, 2006.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wisconsin Referendum 1」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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