[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 45 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 45

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2011

 Mr. Broun of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Akin, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. 
 Walsh of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Miller of 
 Florida, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Latta, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Roe of 
Tennessee, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Burton of Indiana, 
Mr. Chabot, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Duncan of South 
    Carolina, Mr. Neugebauer, and Mr. Westmoreland) introduced the 
following joint resolution; which was 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:

                              ``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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