Marriage Protection Amendment

Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that: (1) marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman; and (2) neither the U.S. Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 88 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 88

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2006

 Mrs. Musgrave (for herself, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Akin, Mr. 
 Alexander, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barrett of South 
  Carolina, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Beauprez, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
  Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Brown of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Carter, 
Mr. Chabot, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Conaway, Mrs. Cubin, 
 Mr. Culberson, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, 
Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Doolittle, Mrs. Drake, 
  Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Everett, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Forbes, Ms. 
 Foxx, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Gingrey, 
  Mr. Goode, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hall, Ms. Harris, Mr. 
Hayes, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Istook, 
  Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. King of 
   Iowa, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Lucas, Mr. 
  Manzullo, Mr. Marchant, Mr. McCotter, Mr. McHenry, Mr. McKeon, Miss 
 McMorris, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, 
  Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
Norwood, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Pence, Mr. Peterson of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Rogers of 
 Alabama, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Shuster, 
 Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Sodrel, Mr. Souder, 
Mr. Stearns, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. 
    Tiahrt, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. 
Whitfield, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) 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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