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MARRIAGEINTRODUCED

Call upon Supreme Court of the United States to reverse Obergefell relating to marriage.

A Concurrent Resolution Calling Upon The Supreme Court Of The United States To Overturn The Obergefell V. Hodges Decision, And To Restore The Rights Of The State To Prescribe The Conditions For Marriage And The Dissolution Of Marriage.

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2025 Regular Session

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The Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein, calls upon the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse the Obergefell decision, to restore the natural and common law definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.

Obergefell invokes a definition of "liberty" that the Framers would not have recognized [...] marriage as an institution has been recognized as the union of one man and one woman for more than 2,000 years, and within common law, the basis of the United States' Anglo-American legal tradition, for more than 800 years

Obergefell arbitrarily and unjustly rejected this Biblical, ancient and common law definition of marriage in favor of a novel, flawed and inaccurate interpretation of the Constitution;

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DateAction
2025-03-19Referred To Rules