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As provided in Article 17, Section 1 of the Texas Constitution, [9] a proposed constitutional amendment is placed on the ballot only after the Texas legislature has proposed the amendment in a joint resolution of both the Texas senate and the Texas house of representatives. The joint resolution may originate in either chamber.
Proposed Amendment 1 [56] (a) Marriage shall be constituted by one man and one woman only. All other marriages are declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state and are void. (b) No relationship, other than a marriage, shall be recognized by the state as entitling the parties to the rights or incidents of marriage. [57] Texas: 2005 ...
(1) Marriage consists only of the legal union between a man and a woman. (2) No other domestic union, however denominated, may be recognized as a marriage or given the same or substantially equivalent legal effect. Utah Code - Title 30. Husband and Wife - Chapter 01. Marriage; 30-1-4.1. Marriage recognition policy.
Monogamy (/ m ə ˈ n ɒ ɡ ə m i / mə-NOG-ə-mee) is a relationship of two individuals in which they form a mutual and exclusive intimate partnership.Having only one partner at any one time, whether that be for life or whether that be serial monogamy, contrasts with various forms of non-monogamy (e.g., polygamy or polyamory). [1]
On February 26, a U.S. District Court struck down Texas's ban on same-sex marriage and stayed the ruling pending appeal. March 2014 - On March 4, several Illinois counties began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couple after an opinion issued by the state attorney general. This was ahead of a law scheduled to take effect statewide on June 1.
The Texas Defence of Marriage Act is an act that specifies that US State of Texas does not recognise same-sex marriage or civil union. The statute was enacted in 2003, it made void in Texas any same-sex marriage or civil union. [ 1 ]
March 21: The New Hampshire House of Representatives rejects the repeal of the state's 2009 same-sex marriage law. [195] May 8: Voters in North Carolina approve North Carolina Amendment 1, defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman and prohibiting the recognition of any type of same-sex union in that state. [196]
Most FLDS members live in Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona, about 350 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, with other communities in Canada, Texas, North Dakota, and other areas of the North American west. In 1998, about 40,000 people living in Utah were part of a polygamist family, or about 1.4 percent of the population. [44]