North Carolina Amendment 1 (often referred to as simply Amendment 1) was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina that (until overruled in federal court) amended the Constitution of North Carolina to prohibit the state from recognizing or performing same-sex marriages or civil unions. The amendment did not prohibit domestic partnership agreements, but defined male–female marriage as "the only domestic legal union" considered valid or recognized in the state.[3][4]
On May 8, 2012, North Carolina voters approved the amendment, 61% to 39%, with a voter turnout of 35%.[5] On May 23, 2012, the amendment took effect.[6]
State law had already defined marriage as being between a man and a woman prior to its passage.[7] Amendment 1 was the last state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage to be passed in the United States via voter referendum, as well as the shortest-lived: it was found unconstitutional in federal court in October 2014 after then-Attorney General Roy Cooper declined to further defend it.
^05/08/2012 OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE
^Voter Turnout
^"Amendment One, North Carolina Public Employers, and Domestic Partner Benefits" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
^The legal impact of Amendment One Archived 2014-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, ACLU of North Carolina
^Weiner, Rachel (May 8, 2012). "North Carolina Passes Gay Marriage Ban Amendment One". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^Constitutional amendment certified as election fraud questions winnowed
^"NC General Statutes, Chapter 51". North Carolina General Assembly.
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