The Amendment 774 of 2006, also known as Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment, is an amendment to the
Alabama Constitution
The Constitution of the State of Alabama is the basic governing document of the U.S. state of Alabama. It was adopted in 2022 and is Alabama's seventh constitution.
History
Alabama has had seven constitutions to date, all but the current one est ...
that
makes it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform
same-sex marriages or
civil unions. The legislature passed Alabama Act 2005-35, which placed this amendment on the election ballot. The referendum was approved by 81% of the voters.
Contents
The text of the amendment states:
Results
The vote for the amendment took place on 6 June 2006.
Legislative repeal attempts
Representative
Patricia Todd introduced bills to repeal Amendment 774 in 2014 and 2015.
These bills died in committee.
''Searcy v. Strange''
On January 23, 2015, Chief Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
Callie V. Granade
Callie Virginia Granade (née Smith; born March 7, 1950) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. The first female federal prosecutor in Mobile, Granade became the first ...
issued a ruling striking down Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage as violations of the
Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees of equal protection and due process. Alabama supreme court justice
Roy S. Moore
Roy Stewart Moore (born February 11, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer, and jurist who served as the 27th and 31st chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2013 to 2017, each time being removed fro ...
ordered Alabama's probate judges to ignore Granade's ruling.
See also
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LGBT rights in Alabama
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT or LGBTQ ) individuals in Alabama face legal challenges and discrimination not experienced by non-LGBTQ Alabamians. LGBTQ rights in Alabama—a Republican Party stronghold located in both the Dee ...
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Same-sex marriage in Alabama
Same-sex marriage in Alabama has been legal since June 26, 2015, in accordance with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in ''Obergefell v. Hodges''. Not all counties immediately complied with the ruling, copying behavior from the civil rights era wh ...
External links
The Money Behind the 2006 Marriage Amendments - National Institute on Money in State Politics.Archived fro
the original
References
U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions
2006 in LGBT history
LGBT in Alabama
2006 Alabama elections
2006 ballot measures
Alabama amendments
2006
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