15100136D
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 493
Offered January 14, 2015
Prefiled August 16, 2014
Proposing the repeal of Section 15-A of
Article I of the Constitution of Virginia, relating to marriage.
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Patron-- Surovell
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Committee Referral Pending
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RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a majority
of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to
the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred
to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next
general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in
conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution
of Virginia, namely:
Repeal Section 15-A of Article I of the Constitution of
Virginia as follows:
ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS
Section 15-A.
Marriage.
That only a union
between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this
Commonwealth and its political subdivisions.
This Commonwealth and
its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal status for
relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design,
qualities, significance, or effects of marriage. Nor shall this Commonwealth or
its political subdivisions create or recognize another
union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights,
benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage.
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