Text of PA HR 922 (2014)
Recognizing June 26, 2014, as the one-year anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decisions leading to the freedom to marry for gay couples in Pennsylvania.
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PRINTER'S NO. 3846
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
922
Session of
2014
INTRODUCED BY COHEN, FRANKEL, McNEILL, O'BRIEN, SANTARSIERO,
SCHLOSSBERG, THOMAS AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 25, 2014
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 25, 2014
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing June 26, 2014, as the one-year anniversary of the
United States Supreme Court decisions leading to the freedom
to marry for gay couples in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court
struck down section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996
(Public Law 104-199, 1 U.S.C. § 7), which denied legally married
same-sex couples over 1,100 protections and responsibilities of
marriage; and
WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court has affirmed that
all loving and committed couples who marry deserve equal legal
respect and treatment; and
WHEREAS, United States District Court Judge John E. Jones III
struck down Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage on May 20,
2014; and
WHEREAS, The struggle for equality among lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender people is the modern face of the Civil
Rights Movement; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania has often been a proud leader in
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recognizing basic human rights and in fighting against
discrimination; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania law requires that equal rights shall
not be denied on account of the sex of any person; therefore be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives support the
continued fight for equality for all people by recognizing the
need to extend equal protections in employment, housing and
public accommodations to everyone, regardless of sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the
right of gay couples to marry in this Commonwealth and across
the United States on the one-year anniversary of the United
States Supreme Court decisions in the freedom-to-marry cases and
in recognition of the removal of the Commonwealth's ban on same-
sex marriage, which ended the two-tiered system of marriage and
provided additional legal protections to same-sex couples.
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