[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 26 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 26

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                         relating to marriage.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 25, 2003

Mr. Allard (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Bunning, and 
 Mr. Inhofe) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                         relating to marriage.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of 
a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the Constitution of 
any State, nor State or Federal law, shall be construed to require that 
marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon 
unmarried couples or groups.''.
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