H.J.Res.22 - Proposing an amendment the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

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  • Official: Proposing an amendment the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. as introduced.
  • Official: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. as introduced.

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02/05/07
 
 
 

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2/6/2007--Introduced.Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of a legal union of a man and a woman. Prohibits any federal or state court from having jurisdiction to determine whether the U.S. Constitution or any state constitution requires

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2/6/2007--Introduced.
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of a legal union of a man and a woman. Prohibits any federal or state court from having jurisdiction to determine whether the U.S. Constitution or any state constitution requires the legal incidents of marriage to be conferred upon any union other than a legal union between one man and one woman. Provides that no state shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state concerning a union between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage, or as having the legal incidents of marriage, under the laws of such other state.


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06/19/08
The Washington Flyer

Dan Lungren (R-CA) introduced HJ Res. 22, an amendment to the US Constitution, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman, and also addresses activists courts by stating “No court of the United States of any state shall ...

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05/23/08
OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - H.J.Res.89 Marriage Protection ...

Related Bills:. H.J.Res.22 · H.J.Res.74 · S.J.Res.43. Related Issue Areas:. Marriage · Homosexuality · Constitutional amendments · Constitution · 1 more · Families. Data from the Congressional Research Servi

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05/15/08
Orlando Sentinel - Even more mailing waste; and Feeney hates Frisco by

Tom Feeney supports H.R. 724, the Marriage Protection Act of 2007 and also H.J. Res. 22 to amend the Constitution of the United States to declare that marriage shall consist only on a legal union of a man and a woman. ...

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