[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S.J. Res. 43 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 43

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2008

   Mr. Wicker (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Craig, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
     Inhofe, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Allard, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Shelby) 
  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 --

    ``Section 1. This article may be cited as the `Marriage Protection 
Amendment'.
    ``Section 2. 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, shall be construed to require that marriage 
or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than 
the union of a man and a woman.''.
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