14100602D
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1
Offered January 8, 2014
Prefiled November 18, 2013
Proposing the repeal of Section 15-A of
Article I of the Constitution of Virginia, relating to marriage.
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Patron-- Ebbin
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Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
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RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates 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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