(Text of resolution from http://thomas.loc.gov website)
HJ 56 IH
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 56
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
relating to marriage.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 21, 2003
Mrs. MUSGRAVE (for herself, Mr. HALL, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. PETERSON of
Minnesota, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, and Mr. VITTER) 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.
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 within seven years after the date of its
submission for ratification:
`Article --
`SECTION 1. Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union
of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any
State, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital
status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or
groups.'.
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