IA
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. J. RES. 89
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 22, 2008
Mr. Broun of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Akin, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Goode, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Linder, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Souder, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Hayes, Mr. King of Iowa, and Ms. Fallin) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
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:
This article may be cited as the
Marriage Protection 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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