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The [TBD]th amendment to the Constitution of Astoria, also known as Parliamentary Proposal A-12, prohibits same-sex marriage in the Commonwealth of Astoria. It was approved with 55.4% of the vote in a national referendum on November 5, 2001 after it passed by two-thirds of the Senate and House of Commons. It came into force the following day after the results were certified by the First Minister.
There have been calls for another amendment to repeal it, as attitudes towards LGBT rights have shifted since its passage. Such a repeal has been on the official platform of the Labor-Democratic Party and is supported by the Liberal Party but opposed by the National Party. In place of marriage, each province has passed legislation, beginning in 2009, allowing for civil unions between same-sex couples, which confer essentially the same legal rights and recognition as marriage. In a 2010 legal challenge, the Supreme Court of Astoria ruled that civil unions and marriage are distinct legal categories, and so the legalization of civil unions in the provinces did not violate the amendment.
A poll conducted in 2019 showed that 62% of Astorians said they would vote for a new amendment to repeal the marriage amendment.
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Marriage will only ever be defined in the Commonwealth as between one man and one woman.