Text of CA AJR 67 (2004)

skip to content home accessibility FAQ feedback sitemap login x Quick Search: Bill Number Bill Keyword Home Bill Information California Law Publications Other Resources My Subscriptions My Favorites Bill Information >> Bill Search >> Text Bill Text PDF2 Add To My Favorites | Version: 03/04/04 - Introduced AJR-67 Same-sex marriage: constitutional amendment.(2003-2004) Text >> Votes >> History >> Bill Analysis >> Today's Law As Amended >> Compare Versions >> Status >> Comments To Author >> Add To My Favorites >> SHARE THIS: Bill Start Corrected March 22, 2004 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2003–2004 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Joint Resolution No. 67 Introduced by Assembly Member Mountjoy (Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Bogh, Haynes, La Suer, Maddox) March 04, 2004 Relative to same-sex marriage. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AJR 67, as introduced, Mountjoy. Same-sex marriage: constitutional amendment. This measure would respectfully request that the Congress of the United States act on President Bush’s call for an amendment to the United States Constitution that would protect and defend the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman. Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill Text WHEREAS, President Bush has backed an amendment to the United States Constitution banning same-sex marriages, saying, “After more than two centuries of American jurisprudence and millennia of human experience, a few judges and local authorities are presuming to change the most fundamental institution of civilization;” and WHEREAS, The Massachusetts State Supreme Court ordered its Legislature to pass a law allowing for same-sex marriages. That Legislature adjourned without acting on the issue, effectively allowing the court to write state law; and WHEREAS, The Mayor of San Francisco has allowed over two thousand same-sex marriages to take place in the city, including marriages of out-of-state and out-of-country couples, despite the fact that these so-called marriages are, by state law, not valid or recognized in the State of California; and WHEREAS, Thirty-eight states, including California, and the federal government have approved laws or amendments barring the recognition of same-sex marriages; and WHEREAS, California voters passed Proposition 22, which simply added Section 308.5 to the Family Code, to read, “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” Proposition 22 passed with more than 60 percent of the vote; and WHEREAS, California law defines marriage in Section 300 of the Family Code as a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between a man and a woman; and WHEREAS, There is widespread support in this country for protecting and defending the sanctity of marriage; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature of the State of California respectfully requests that the Congress of the United States act on President Bush’s call for an amendment to the United States Constitution that would protect and defend the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States. ___________________ Heading — Lines 1 and 2. ___________________