[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 13 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 13

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 14, 2005

  Mr. Brownback (for himself 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 
                         relative 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:

                              ``Article --

    ``Section 1. Marriage in the United States shall consist only of 
the union of a man and a woman.
    ``Section 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article 
by appropriate legislation.''.
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