[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 92 (Wednesday, July 7, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S7755]
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      By Mr. ALLARD (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Enzi, 
        Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Frist, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
        Inhofe, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Lott, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Miller, Mr. 
        Santorum, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shelby, and Mr. Talent):
  S.J. Res. 40. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States relating to marriage; read the first 
time.
  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the joint resolution be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the joint resolution was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 40

       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. SHORT TITLE.

       ``This Article may be cited as the `Federal Marriage 
     Amendment'.

     ``SECTION 2. MARRIAGE AMENDMENT.

       ``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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