SJ 11

  • Virginia Senate Joint Resolution
  • 2024 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 03, 2024
  • Senate
  • House
  • Governor

Constitutional amendment; marriage between two individuals.

Abstract

Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage between two individuals; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of persons and prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from denying the issuance of a marriage license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. The Commonwealth and its political subdivisions are required to recognize any lawful marriage between two parties and to treat such marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. The amendment provides that religious organizations and clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuse to perform any marriage.

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Jan 16, 2024

Senate

Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)

Jan 03, 2024

Senate

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101222D

Senate

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

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