S.J.RES.43: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

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Bill Summary

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.

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
June 25, 2008

Introduced in the Senate by Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

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