Arizona Proposition 107 was a proposedsame-sex marriage ban, put before voters byballot initiative in the 2006 general election. If passed, it would have prohibited theU.S. state ofArizona from recognizing same-sex marriages orcivil unions. The state already had a statute defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman and prohibiting the recognition of same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.[2]
This proposedamendment to theArizona Constitution failed, with 48.2% voting in favor and 51.8% opposed, making Arizona the first U.S. state to defeat a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Several states approvedsimilar measures between 1998 and 2006.[3]
Voters approved a more limited constitutional amendment which banned same-sex marriage but not state-recognized civil unions or domestic partnerships,2008 Arizona Proposition 102, in 2008 with 56% of the vote.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Arizona; amending the Constitution of Arizona; by adding Article XXX; relating to the protection of marriage
To preserve and protect marriage in this state, only a union between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage by this state or its political subdivisions and no legal status for unmarried persons shall be created or recognized by this state or its political subdivisions that is similar to that of marriage.
No
