Prohibition of same sex marriage.
A marriage between persons of the same sex is void ab initio
and against the public policy of this State.
(South Carolina Code 1976 section 20-1-15)
Persons who may contract matrimony.
(A) All persons, except mentally incompetent persons and
persons whose marriage is prohibited by this section, may
lawfully contract matrimony.
(B) No man shall marry his mother, grandmother, daughter,
granddaughter, stepmother, sister, grandfather's wife, son's
wife, grandson's wife, wife's mother, wife's grandmother,
wife's daughter, wife's granddaughter, brother's daughter,
sister's daughter, father's sister, mother's sister, or
another man.
(C) No woman shall marry her father, grandfather, son,
grandson, stepfather, brother, grandmother's husband, daughter's
husband, granddaughter's husband, husband's father, husband's
grandfather, husband's son, husband's grandson, brother's
son, sister's son, father's brother, mother's brother, or
another woman.
(South Carolina Code section 1976 section 20-1-10)
A marriage between one man and one woman is the only lawful domestic union that shall be valid or recognized in this State. This State and its political subdivisions shall not create a legal status, right, or claim respecting any other domestic union, however denominated. This State and its political subdivisions shall not recognize or give effect to a legal status, right, or claim created by another jurisdiction respecting any other domestic union, however denominated. Nothing in this section shall 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. This section shall not prohibit or limit parties, other than the State or its political subdivisions, from entering into contracts or other legal instruments.
(South Carolina Constitution, approved by 78% of voters on Tuesday, November 7, 2006)
