Text of LA HCR 235 (2006)

ENROLLED Page 1 of 2 Regular Session, 2006 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 235 BY REPRESENTATIVES SCALISE AND BEARD A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To memorialize the United States Congress, specifically Louisiana Senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter, to take such actions as are necessary to support and vote for the Marriage Protection Amendment presently pending in the United States Senate. WHEREAS, marriage is a sacred institution that has endured for centuries as the bedrock of a healthy and successful family; and WHEREAS, the stable and healthy marriage is the most beneficial circumstance within which to rear children; and WHEREAS, marriage has been reflected historically in the laws of the United States and of the individual states as the union of a man and a woman; and WHEREAS, in the 2004 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, Act No. 926 provided that marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman; and WHEREAS, Act No. 926 of the 2004 Regular Session was approved by eighty-three percent of the House of Representatives and seventy-nine percent of the Senate; and WHEREAS, Act No. 926 of the 2004 Regular Session was submitted to the voters of Louisiana on September 18, 2004, and was approved by seventy-eight percent of the voters; and WHEREAS, thirteen other states of the United States have approved similar constitutional amendments limiting marriage to the union of one man and one woman; and WHEREAS, the protection of marriage is essential to the continued strength of the nation, and it is vital that congress and the United States senators from Louisiana vote to support the Marriage Protection Amendment. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby memorialize the United States Congress and Senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter to ENROLLED HCR NO. 235 Page 2 of 2 take such actions as are necessary to support and vote for the Marriage Protection Amendment presently pending in the United States Senate. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America and to each of the United States senators from Louisiana. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE