Bill Text: VA HJR58 | 2014 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Constitutional amendment; marriage (first reference).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-12 - Left in Privileges and Elections [HJR58 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2014-HJR58-Prefiled.html
14100942D RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely: Amend Section 15-A of Article I of the Constitution of Virginia as follows: Section 15-A. Marriage.
The freedom to choose to marry another person resides with the individual, and cannot be infringed upon by the Commonwealth, except on the basis of age, kinship, or marital status, as prescribed by law. This Commonwealth shall recognize any marriage between two persons performed in any other state or jurisdiction that would be lawful in this Commonwealth. Any minister or civil celebrant authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage in this Commonwealth does not infringe upon the rights guaranteed by this Constitution if that individual refuses to celebrate the rites of marriage for any persons. |