Colorado Referendum I was a proposed law that would have established
domestic partnership
A domestic partnership is a legal relationship, usually between couples, who live together and share a common domestic life, but are not married (to each other or to anyone else). People in domestic partnerships receive benefits that guarantee r ...
s in the U.S. state of
Colorado. The
bill
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was passed by the
Colorado General Assembly and was submitted to popular
referendum during general elections on November 7, 2006.
The voters were presented with the following summary:
Colorado State Ballot Information Booklet
and the following detail:
The referendum specified that a partnership is not a marriage, which "consists of the union of one man and one woman."
In the general election, the proposal was defeated by a margin of 47% for, 53% against.
See also
* Domestic partnership in the United States
In the United States, domestic partnership is a city-, county-, state-, or employer-recognized status that may be available to same-sex couples and, sometimes, opposite-sex couples. Although similar to marriage, a domestic partnership does not con ...
* List of Colorado ballot measures
* Colorado Amendment 43 (2006)
Notes
2006 Colorado ballot measures
LGBT in Colorado
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