It means that no legal document can require marriage to also apply to
same sex or other couplings.
This doesn't disallow unions for them, just proscribes that the term and
form of "marriage" be saved for man and woman.
Gary
Jonathan Scott wrote:
>
> >Neither this Constitution or the constitut
On Mar 4, 2004, at 4:11 PM, Jonathan Scott wrote:
Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any State,
Translation: Sorry, activist judges, you have to follow these rules.
nor state or federal law,
Translation: Sorry, Congress and state legislatures, you can't
change this either.
shall
On Mar 4, 2004, at 4:11 PM, Jonathan Scott wrote:
Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any State,
Translation: Sorry, activist judges, you have to follow these rules.
nor state or federal law,
Translation: Sorry, Congress and state legislatures, you can't change
this either.
shall
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.
Sorry, but can someone tell me what this part means?
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Jonathan Scott
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http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.J.RES.56:
Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colo., has introduced the Federal
Marriage Amendment (H.J. Res. 56) as a proposed constitutional amendment,
which will remove the definition of marriage from the reach of all
legislatures and courts permane
