Compare MT SJ 15 (2025) and SC H 5501 (2026)
The introduced text of these two bills, side by side, with the wording they share.
- MT SJ 15 (2025) · Montana · 2025 · Failed
- SC H 5501 (2026) · South Carolina · 2026 · Failed
359 shared 8-word phrases found in the introduced text of these two bills.
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| MT SJ 15 (2025) | SC H 5501 (2026) |
|---|---|
| in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 10 (2015), is at odds with the Constitution of the United States and the principles | in Obergefell v Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015), is at odds with the Constitution of the United States and the principles |
| established; and 12 WHEREAS, liberty has long been understood as individual freedom from government action, not as a 13 right to a particular governmental entitlement; and 14 WHEREAS, Obergefell involves a definition of "liberty" that the framers would not have recognized, 15 because it rejects the idea captured in the Declaration of Independence that human dignity is innate and 16 instead suggests that it comes from the government; and 17 WHEREAS, when the framers proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created 18 equal" and are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights," they referred to a vision of mankind 19 in which all humans are created in the… | established; and Whereas, liberty has long been understood as individual freedom from governmental action, not as a right to a particular governmental entitlement; and Whereas, Obergefell invokes a definition of "liberty" that the Framers would not have recognized, rejecting the idea captured in the Declaration of Independence that human dignity is innate, and instead suggested that it comes from the government; and Whereas, when the Framers proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal" and "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights," they referred to a vision of mankind in which all humans are created in the image of God and therefore of inhe… |
| and not the Supreme Court, has the right to regulate marriage for its 2 citizens; and 3 WHEREAS, Obergefell requires states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to 4 recognize same-sex marriages in complete contravention of their own state constitutions and the will of their 5 voters and thus undermines the civil liberties of those states' residents and voters; and 6 WHEREAS, marriage as an institution has been recognized as the union of one man and one woman 7 for more than 2,000 years and within common law, the basis of the United States' Anglo-American legal 8 tradition, for more than 800 years; and 9 WHEREAS, Obergefell arbitrarily and unjustly rejected this definition of… | and not the Supreme Court, has the right to regulate marriage for its citizens; and Whereas, Obergefell requires states to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples and to recognize same sex marriages in complete contravention of their own state constitutions and the will of their voters, thus undermining the civil liberties of those states' residents and voters; and Whereas, marriage as an institution has been recognized as the union of one man and one woman for more than two thousand years, and within common law, the basis of the United States' Anglo American legal tradition, for more than 800 years; and Whereas, Obergefell arbitrarily and unjustly rejected this definition of marriage i… |
| and 14 WHEREAS, since court rulings are not laws and only legislatures elected by the people may pass laws, 15 Obergefell is an illegitimate overreach | and Whereas, since court rulings are not laws and only legislatures elected by the People may pass laws, Obergefell is an illegitimate overreach |
| a union of one man and one 23 woman | a union of one man and one woman |
| the issue of marriage 25 and enforcement of all laws pertaining to marriage back to the several states and the people. 26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED | the issue of marriage and enforcement of all laws pertaining to marriage back to the several states and the people. Be it further resolved |
| and the people. 26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that | and the people. Be it further resolved that |