House Joint Resolution 2002

                                  HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION       
                                  BY  DE BOEF, GRANZOW, BOAL,
                                      VAN ENGELENHOVEN, CHAMBERS,
                                      MANTERNACH, PAULSEN, BAUDLER,
                                      DRAKE, HANSON, ELGIN,
                                      KURTENBACH, LUKAN, WILDERDYKE,
                                      HUTTER, WATTS, UPMEYER, KRAMER,
                                      GREINER, ALONS, LALK, SANDS,
                                      HAHN, EICHHORN, J.R. VAN FOSSEN,
                                      DENNIS, DOLECHECK, QUIRK, ARNOLD,
                                      CARROLL, ROBERTS, HUSEMAN,
                                      BODDICKER, KLEMME, RAECKER,
                                      J.K. VAN FOSSEN, TYMESON,
                                      BOGGESS, DIX, MERTZ, JENKINS,
                                      HEATON, FREEMAN, RAYHONS,
                                      HORBACH, FREVERT, WHITAKER,
                                      MADDOX, THOMAS, OSTERHAUS,
                                      and RASMUSSEN


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                                HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  1 A Resolution petitioning Congress to propose an amendment to the
  2    Constitution of the United States defining marriage as the
  3    legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.
  4    WHEREAS, the United States Congress passed the federal Defense
  5 of Marriage Act in 1996, defining marriage as the legal union
  6 between one man and one woman as husband and wife; and
  7    WHEREAS, to date 37 states have enacted laws defining marriage
  8 as between one man and one woman; and
  9    WHEREAS, the voters of at least four states == Alaska, Hawaii,
  1 Nebraska, and Nevada == have approved constitutional amendments
  2 to define marriage as the legal union between one man and one
  3 woman; and
  4    WHEREAS, marriage is essential to the foundation of a healthy
  5 society and the government has a duty to protect that foundation;
  6 NOW THEREFORE,
  7 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    That the United States Congress is hereby petitioned to
  1  2 propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States,
  1  3 for submission to the states for ratification, to define
  1  4 marriage as the legal union between one man and one woman as
  1  5 husband and wife.
  1  6    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be
  1  7 sent to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker
  1  8 of the United States House of Representatives, and to all
  1  9 members of Iowa's congressional delegation.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This joint resolution constitutes a petition to the United
  1 12 States Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to
  1 13 define marriage as the legal union between one man and one
  1 14 woman as husband and wife.
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