Craftian same-sex marriage referendum, 2007

Craftian same-sex marriage referendumSaturday, 8 April 2007	Craftian same-sex marriage referendumSaturday, 8 April 2007	Craftian same-sex marriage referendumSaturday, 8 April 2007	Craftian same-sex marriage referendumSaturday, 8 April 2007	Craftian same-sex marriage referendumSaturday, 8 April 2007
Are you in favour of altering the Constitution to recognise a union between two people of the same sex as a marriage with the same status under the Constitution as a marriage between two people of the opposite sex?
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Results 	Results 	Results 	Results 	Results
 	 	Votes 	% 	
Yes 	Yes 	952,756 	72.57% 	
No 	No 	360,123 	27.43% 	
Total votes 	Total votes 	1,312,879 	100.00% 	
A national referendum was held on Saturday 7 April 2007 in Craftia on whether to legalise same-sex marriage throughout Craftia at the federal level. The proposed constitutional amendment was brought forward with support from all parliamentary parties.
The proposal won a landslide majority of votes (72.57% in favour) and the referendum was carried. Same-sex marriages were legally recognised effective 1 July 2007. Craftia became the fifth country worldwide to recognise same-sex marriages. Before the referendum, same-sex marriages were already legal at the subnational level in Kagstron (1997), Bankera Capital Territory (2001), Jebsten (2002) and Jagsland (2005). Unregistered cohabitation and domestic partnerships had been recognised at the federal level since 1999, and civil unions since 2004.
The success of the referendum proposal was seen as a testament to Craftia's rapid social progress, transforming from a country marred by the decades-long White Craftia Policy and other discriminatory measures to ethnic, religious and sexual minorities, to a highly liberal and progressive nation with a rapidly developing tiger economy, all within the span of 40 years.