Text of MO HJR 42 (2004)

Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriages.

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 42 92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES BAKER (Sponsor), ERVIN, CROWELL, MUNZLINGER, PHILLIPS, MOORE, MYERS, QUINN, EM ERY, DEM PSEY AND SANDER (Co-sponsors). Read 1st time January 8, 2004, and copies ordered printed. STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk 3341L.01I JOINT RESOLUTION Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment to the Constitution of Missouri relating to the prohibition of same-sex marriage. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein: That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2004, or at a special election to be called by the 2 governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for 3 adoption or rejection, the following amendment to the Constitution of the state of Missouri: 4 Section A. The Constitution of Missouri is amended by adding thereto one new article, to be known as article XIV, to read as follows: 2 Article XIV 3 Marriage 4 Section 1. Marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of a man and a 5 woman, and no license to marry shall be issued except to a man and a woman. Marriage 6 between persons of the same sex, and full faith and credit of such marital status entered 7 into in another state, shall not be recognized as marriage. 8