Must Article XVII of the Constitution of this State be amended by adding Section 15 so as to provide that in this State and its political subdivisions, a marriage between one man and one woman is the only lawful domestic union that shall be valid or recognized; that this State and its political subdivisions shall not create, recognize, or give effect to a legal status, right, or claim created by another jurisdiction respecting any other domestic union, however denominated; that this amendment shall not impair any right or benefit extended by the State or its political subdivisions other than a right or benefit arising from a domestic union that is not valid or recognized in this State; and that this amendment shall not prohibit or limit the ability of parties other than the State or its political subdivisions from entering into contracts or other legal instruments?
Source for Popular Vote data: South Carolina State Election Commission. NOVEMBER 7 2006 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE WIDE GENERAL ELECTION OFFICIAL RESULTS, South Carolina State Election Commission (http://www.scvotes.org/statistics/election_returns_from_primaries_and_general_elections_statewide) (accessed 17 Feb 2009)