Text of WY SJ 5 (2011)
Defense of marriage-constitutional amendment.
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2011
STATE OF WYOMING
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SJ0005
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. SJ0005
Defense of marriage-constitutional amendment.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Meier, Cooper, Dockstader, Geis,
Jennings, Nutting, Perkins and Peterson and
Representative(s)
Brechtel,
Buchanan,
Davison, Jaggi, Kroeker, McKim, Petersen,
Semlek and Teeters
A BILL
for
A
JOINT
RESOLUTION
proposing
to
amend
the
Wyoming
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Constitution by creating a new section specifying that a
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marriage between a man and a woman shall be the only
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domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in
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Wyoming.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING,
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two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting
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separately, concurring therein:
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Section 1. The following proposal to amend Wyoming
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Constitution, Article 1, by creating a new Section 38 is
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proposed for submission to the electors of the State of
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Wyoming at the next general election for approval or
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2011
STATE OF WYOMING
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SJ0005
rejection to become valid as a part of the Constitution if
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ratified by a majority of the electors at the election:
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Article 1, Section 38. Marriages recognized.
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A marriage between a man and a woman shall be the only
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legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this
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state.
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Section 2. That the Secretary of State shall endorse
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the following statement on the proposed amendment:
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The adoption of this amendment would affirm that the only
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marriages considered legal and valid in Wyoming are those
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contracted between two (2) persons of the opposite sex.
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(END)
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